Intel Core i5-13600KF vs Intel Core i7-6600U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 13000 Intel Core i 6000U
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
• Generation
  13 6
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-12600KF -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  6x Raptor Cove -
• A-Core Frequency
  3.50 GHz (5.10 GHz) -
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont -
• B-Core Frequency
  2.60 GHz (3.90 GHz) -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  14 2
• CPU Threads
  20 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Base Frequency
  - 2.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 3.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 3 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
  None Intel HD Graphics 520
• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 24
• Generation
  - 9
• GPU Frequency
  - 300 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - 1050 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 32 GB
• Release date
  - Q3/2015
• Shader
  - 192
• Technology
  - 14 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-6600U and Intel Core i5-13600KF. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 32 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  89.6 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• Memory type
  DDR5-5600 DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-1866
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 12
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-13600KF and Intel Core i7-6600U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  125 W 15 W
• TDP (PL2)
  181 W -
• TDP down
  - 7.5 W
• TDP up
  - 25 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-13600KF and Intel Core i7-6600U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Raptor Lake S Skylake U
• Chip design
  Monolithic -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  20 MB -
• L3-Cache
  24 MB 4 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux -
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q3/2015
• Release price
  294 $ -
• Socket
  LGA 1700 BGA 1356
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d