Intel Core i5-13600K vs Intel Core i3-1215U

Core i5-13600K vs Core i3-1215U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13600K performs better than the Core i3-1215U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1215U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13600K has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i3-1215U has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1215U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-13600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1215U. Also, the Core i5-13600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1215U outputs less heat than Core i5-13600K thanks to a 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 i3-1215U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13600K. Despite this, the Core i5-13600K has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-1215U.

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 i5-13600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.