Intel Core i5-7500 vs Intel Core i5-13600KF

Core i5-7500 vs Core i5-13600KF comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13600KF performs better than the Core i5-7500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13600KF has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-7500 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7500. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-13600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7500. Also, the Core i5-13600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7500 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-13600KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13600KF has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-7500. The Core i5-13600KF 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 i5-7500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.