Intel Core i7-6700K vs Intel Core i5-13400F

Core i7-6700K vs Core i5-13400F specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13400F performs better than the Core i7-6700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13400F has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6700K. Indeed, the Core i5-13400F has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-6700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13400F. Despite this, the Core i5-13400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13400F has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-6700K. The Core i5-13400F 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 i7-6700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.