Intel Core i5-12600K vs Intel Core i5-13500

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-13500

Price

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$ 184.46

$ 85.51 significantly less expensive

$ 269.97

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9422 points

9936 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12057 points

12084 points

0.22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8581 points

9267 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8381 points

9125 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8019 points

9089 points

13% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.94 points

255.79 points

9% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11486 points

12224 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2357 points

2368 points

0.47% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11863 points

12160 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2478 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2419 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

40% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

47% significantly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.8 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB

24 MiB

20% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

102nd of 1,089

93rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-12600K vs Core i5-13500 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600K is faster than the Core i5-13500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13500 has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-12600K that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500. Also, the Core i5-12600K has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i5-12600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.