Rank #21 of 260S · Flagship

Is the Core i9-13900 good for gaming?

The Core i9-13900 is an excellent gaming processor — a Flagship chip ranked #21 of 260 in our benchmark.

Benchmark score158

Relative gaming performance (Core i5-13400 = 100).

Best GPU pairings for the Core i9-13900

Graphics cards that balance this CPU without bottlenecking, by target resolution.

1080p gaming

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

1440p gaming

GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop

4K gaming

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

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Pairings are deterministic estimates for comparison — the ideal match depends on your target resolution, frame rate and games.