Intel Core i9-11900KF vs Intel Core i5-13600KF

Core i9-11900KF vs Core i5-13600KF comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13600KF is faster than the Core i9-11900KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11900KF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13600KF has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i9-11900KF that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11900KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-11900KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13600KF. Also, the Core i9-11900KF 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. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13600KF has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-11900KF. The Core i5-13600KF also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-11900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.