Intel Core i7-13700K vs Intel Core i5-13400F

Core i7-13700K vs Core i5-13400F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13700K beats the Core i5-13400F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13400F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13700K has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-13400F that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13400F. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-13700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13400F. Also, the Core i7-13700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13700K has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13400F. The Core i7-13700K 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 i7-13700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.