Intel Core i9-11900KF 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 i9 Intel Core i5
• Generation
  11 13
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 11000 Intel Core i 13000
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i9-10900KF Intel Core i5-12600K
• Successor
  Intel Core i9-12900KF 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
  3.50 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 14
• CPU Threads
  16 20
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes 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 i9-11900KF. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 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 i9-11900KF and Intel Core i5-13600K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 125 W
• TDP up
  -- No
• TDP (PL2)
  251 W / 56 s 171 W
• TDP down
  95 W No
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-11900KF and Intel Core i9-11900KF, 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, AVX-512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  4.00 MB 20.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  16.00 MB 24.00 MB
• Architecture
  Rocket Lake S Raptor Lake S
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1200 LGA 1700
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q4/2022