Intel Core i5-13500 vs Intel Core i5-13400F

Core i5-13500 vs Core i5-13400F benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13500 is faster than the Core i5-13400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13400F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13500 has slightly more cores than the Core i5-13400F. Indeed, the Core i5-13500 has 14 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-13400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13400F. According to our data, the Core i5-13500 and Core i5-13400F have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i5-13500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13500 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13400F. The Core i5-13500 also has slightly 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 i5-13500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.