Intel Core i5-13600K vs Intel Core i5-1235U

Core i5-13600K vs Core i5-1235U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13600K beats the Core i5-1235U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1235U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-1235U has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i5-13600K has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-13600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. Also, the Core i5-13600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1235U 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 i5-13600K has more L2 cache than the Core i5-1235U. The Core i5-13600K also has significantly 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 i5-13600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.