Intel Core i5-12490F vs Intel Core i5-13600KF

Core i5-12490F vs Core i5-13600KF specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13600KF is faster than the Core i5-12490F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12490F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13600KF has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12490F. Indeed, the Core i5-13600KF has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12490F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12490F. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-13600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12490F. Also, the Core i5-13600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-12490F CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-13600KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13600KF has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12490F. The Core i5-13600KF also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-12490F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.