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

Core i7-13700KF vs Core i5-13400F specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13700KF is faster than the Core i5-13400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13400F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13700KF has significantly more cores than the Core i5-13400F. Indeed, the Core i7-13700KF has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-13400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13400F. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-13700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13400F. Also, the Core i7-13700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13700KF has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13400F. The Core i7-13700KF 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 i7-13700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.