Intel Core i5-13600KF vs Intel Core i9-12900KF. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i9
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 13000 Intel Core i 12000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  13 12
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-12600KF Intel Core i9-11900KF

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) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Overclocking
  Yes 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 Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S)
• 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
• Technology
  10 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-12900KF and Intel Core i5-13600KF. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR5-5600 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 256 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• ECC
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-13600KF and Intel Core i9-12900KF to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 125 W
• TDP (PL2)
  181 W 228 W / 56 s
• 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
• Socket
  LGA 1700 LGA 1700
• L2-Cache
  20.00 MB 3.75 MB
• L3-Cache
  24.00 MB 30.00 MB
• Architecture
  Raptor Lake S Alder Lake S
• 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 Q4/2021
• Part Number
  -- BX8071512900KF