Intel Core i5-11600K vs Intel Core i5-13600K

Core i5-11600K vs Core i5-13600K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13600K is faster than the Core i5-11600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11600K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13600K has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-11600K that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13600K. Despite this, the Core i5-13600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13600K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-11600K. The Core i5-13600K also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-11600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.