Intel Core i5-13600KF vs Intel Core i7-13700F. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 13000 Intel Core i 13000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  13 13
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-12600KF Intel Core i7-12700F

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.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  14 / 20 16 / 24
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  6x Raptor Cove 8x Raptor Cove
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont 8x Gracemont
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• A-Core Frequency
  3.50 GHz (5.10 GHz) 2.10 GHz (5.20 GHz)
• B-Core Frequency
  2.60 GHz (3.90 GHz) 2.10 GHz (4.10 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 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  --
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  --
• Shader
  --
• Max. displays
  --
• Generation
  --
• Technology
  --
• Release date
  --

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-13700F and Intel Core i5-13600KF. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR5-5600 DDR5-5600
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2 (Dual Channel)
• Bandwidth
  89.6 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 5.0 x 20
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-13600KF and Intel Core i7-13700F to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  181 W 202 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-13600KF and Intel Core i5-13600KF, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Chip design
  Monolithic Monolithic
• Socket
  LGA 1700 LGA 1700
• L2-Cache
  20.00 MB 24.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  24.00 MB 30.00 MB
• Architecture
  Raptor Lake S Raptor Lake S
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q1/2023
• Release price
  294 $ --
• Documents
  Technical data sheet --