Intel Core i5-13400F vs Intel Core i7-2600K. 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 2000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  13 2
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-12400 --

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.

• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• Overclocking
  No Yes

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 HD Graphics 3000
• GPU frequency
  0.85 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.35 GHz
• Execution units
  12
• Shader
  96
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  6
• Technology
  32 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2011

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 Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-2600K and Intel Core i5-13400F. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR5-4800 DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• ECC
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-13400F and Intel Core i7-2600K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 95 W
• TDP (PL2)
  117 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-13400F and Intel Core i5-13400F, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  10 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1700 LGA 1155
• L2-Cache
  20.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  20.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Refresh Sandy Bridge S
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q1/2011