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

Core i5-13600KF vs Core i7-13700 benchmarks

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

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13700 has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-13600KF has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13600KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-13600KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700. Despite this, the Core i7-13700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-13700 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 i5-13600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.