Intel Core i5-14600KF vs Intel Core i3-13100

Core i5-14600KF vs Core i3-13100 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14600KF is faster than the Core i3-13100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-13100 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-14600KF has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i3-13100 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-13100. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-14600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-13100. Also, the Core i5-14600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-14600KF has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-13100. The Core i5-14600KF 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 i5-14600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.