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

Core i7-11700K vs Core i5-13600KF specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13600KF 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13600KF has significantly more cores than the Core i7-11700K. Indeed, the Core i5-13600KF has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-11700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-11700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-13600KF 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13600KF has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-11700K. The Core i5-13600KF also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-11700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.