Intel Core i5-10400F vs Intel Core i5-13600K. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
• Generation
  10 13
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 10000 Intel Core i 13000
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-9400F Intel Core i5-12600K
• Successor
  Intel Core i5-11400F No

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.90 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Cores
  6 14
• CPU Threads
  12 20
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid
• A core
  -- 6x Raptor Cove / 3.40 GHz (5.30 GHz)
• B core
  -- 8x Gracemont / 2.80 GHz (4.00 GHz)

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.45 GHz
• Execution units
  32
• Shader
  256
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 16 GB
• Max. displays
  4
• Generation
  12
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  10 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2022

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-13600K and Intel Core i5-10400F. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR5-5600
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-10400F and Intel Core i5-13600K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 125 W
• TDP up
  -- No
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 171 W
• TDP down
  -- No
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-10400F and Intel Core i5-10400F, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  -- 20.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  12.00 MB 24.00 MB
• Architecture
  Comet Lake S Raptor Lake S
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1200 LGA 1700
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q4/2022