Core i5-13600K: specs and benchmarks

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Core i5-13600K
2022
14 cores / 20 threads, 125 W, 181 Watt
24.79

Core i5-13600K provides good benchmark performance at 24.79% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

Summary

Intel started Core i5-13600K sales 27 September 2022 at a recommended price of $319. This is a Raptor Lake, Raptor Cove, Gracemont architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 14 cores and 20 threads, and is based on Intel 7 manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 5100 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1700 processor with a TDP of 125 W, 181 Watt and a maximum temperature of 72 °C. It supports DDR4, DDR5 memory.

Primary details

Core i5-13600K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking206
Place by popularity6
Cost-effectiveness evaluation61.54
Market segmentDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core i5
Power efficiency12.49of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameRaptor Lake, Raptor Cove, Gracemont (2022)
Release date27 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$319of 17,906 (tray) (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads20
Base clock speed3.5 GHzof 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed5.1 GHzof 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
Bus rate4 × 16 GT/s
Multiplier35of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache768 KBof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache8 MBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache24 MBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nmof 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Die size257 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cof 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 185H)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cof 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+
Unlocked multiplier+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-13600K compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
SocketFCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)125 W, 181 Wattof 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i5-13600K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI+
AVX+
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Speed Shift+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
SIPP+
Deep Learning Boost+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+
Secure Key+
OS Guard+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i5-13600K's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size192 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9654)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth89.604 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9654)
ECC memory support+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core i5-13600K.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 770
Quick Sync Video+
Clear Video HD+
Graphics max frequency1.5 GHz
Execution Units32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-13600K's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-13600K's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-13600K's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12
OpenGL4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes20of 128 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i5-13600K. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-13600K 24.79

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i5-13600K 37937

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i5-13600K 2703

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i5-13600K 15111

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i5-13600K 10755

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i5-13600K 68880

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i5-13600K 17627

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i5-13600K 42

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

i5-13600K 3642

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

i5-13600K 288

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

i5-13600K 3.47

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

i5-13600K 19.1

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i5-13600K 199

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i5-13600K 388

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i5-13600K 10967

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

i5-13600K 16671

Blender(-)

i5-13600K 135

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

i5-13600K 1973

7-Zip Single

i5-13600K 6378

7-Zip

i5-13600K 89587

WebXPRT 3

i5-13600K 331

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Core i5-13600K's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Ryzen 9 3950X 102.14
Core i5-13600K 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i5-13600K is Ryzen 7 9700X, which is slower by 2% and lower by 7 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core i5-13600K:

Ryzen 9 5900X 103.11
Ryzen 9 3950X 102.14
Core i5-13600K 100
Ryzen 7 7700 91.25

Similar processors

Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for Core i5-13600K, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for Core i5-13600K in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 34782 configurations using Core i5-13600K in our database.

RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 4090
5.3% (1835/34782)
RTX 4090 D GeForce RTX 4090 D
0.003% (1/34782)
RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 4080
0.7% (230/34782)
RTX 4080 SUPER GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
0.4% (153/34782)
RTX 4070 Ti GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
2.4% (852/34782)
RX 7900 XTX Radeon RX 7900 XTX
0.6% (196/34782)
RTX 4070 SUPER GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
2.7% (927/34782)
RTX 3090 Ti GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
0.2% (62/34782)
RX 7900 XT Radeon RX 7900 XT
0.2% (57/34782)

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