Intel Core i5-13600K vs Intel Xeon Gold 6154

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon Scalable 18 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
3% slightly better overall score
11777 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14231 points
86% significantly better gaming score
7626 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11472 points
13340 points
16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11341 points
14351 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

308.32 points
499% significantly higher Blender score
51.40 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14998 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
10336 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2681 points
123% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1200 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
18
125% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
36
200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
0.23% slightly higher clock speed
2.99 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
37% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
60% significantly lower TDP
200 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
48
139% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
6
200% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
768 GiB
499% significantly more supported memory

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
1152 KiB
79% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
18 MiB
350% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
24.75 MiB
3% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

49th of 1,099
55th of 1,099

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 November
2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Core i5-13600K vs Xeon Gold 6154 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13600K beats the Xeon Gold 6154 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6154 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon Gold 6154 has significantly more cores with 18 cores compared to the Core i5-13600K that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13600K. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-13600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6154. Also, the Core i5-13600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-13600K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6154 CPU because of its 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 Xeon Gold 6154 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13600K. The Xeon Gold 6154 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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