Intel Core i5-6600K vs Intel Core i5-13400

Core i5-6600K vs Core i5-13400 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13400 beats the Core i5-6600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6600K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13400 has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i5-6600K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-6600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13400. Despite this, the Core i5-13400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13400 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-6600K. The Core i5-13400 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. For instance, the Core i5-6600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.