Intel Core i5-13600K vs Intel Core i7-13700KF

Core i5-13600K vs Core i7-13700KF comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13700KF beats the Core i5-13600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13600K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13700KF has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-13600K has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-13700KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13600K. Also, the Core i7-13700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i7-13700KF has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13600K. The Core i7-13700KF 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 i5-13600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.