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

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12139 points
0.72% slightly better overall score
12052 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14231 points
11% slightly better gaming score
12795 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11472 points
11847 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11341 points
11813 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

308.32 points
0.74% slightly higher Blender score
306.05 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14998 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
11608 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2681 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2479 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
114% significantly higher clock speed
1.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
24 MiB
499% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
30 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

48th of 1,089
50th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
13th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 November
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

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

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13600K is faster than the Core i7-13700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13700T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13700T has significantly more cores than the Core i5-13600K. Indeed, the Core i7-13700T has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i5-13600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-13600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700T. Also, the Core i5-13600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13700T has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13600K. The Core i7-13700T also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-13600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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