Intel Core i7-11700K vs Intel Core i5-13600K

Core i7-11700K vs Core i5-13600K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13600K beats the Core i7-11700K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11700K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-11700K has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13600K. Despite this, the Core i5-13600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i5-13600K 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 i7-11700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.