i5-13600K vs Pentium Gold G5500

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold G5500
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 51 Watt
2.41
Core i5-13600K
2022
14 cores / 20 threads, 125 Watt
23.84
+889%

Core i5-13600K outperforms Pentium Gold G5500 by a whopping 889% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G5500 and Core i5-13600K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1783214
Place by popularitynot in top-1006
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.7461.86
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentium GoldIntel Core i5
Power efficiency4.4718.05
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)Raptor Lake, Raptor Cove, Gracemont (2022)
Release date2 April 2018 (6 years ago)27 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$75$319

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

i5-13600K has 1205% better value for money than Pentium Gold G5500.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G5500 and Core i5-13600K basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Performance-coresno data6
Efficient-coresno data8
Threads420
Base clock speed3.8 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 × 16 GT/s
Multiplier3835
L1 cache64K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)24 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size126 mm2257 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °C72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G5500 and Core i5-13600K compatibility with other computer components: 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
Socket1151FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)51 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and Core i5-13600K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G5500 and Core i5-13600K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and Core i5-13600K are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and Core i5-13600K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size64 GB192 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s89.604 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics 770
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.5 GHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G5500 and Core i5-13600K integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and Core i5-13600K integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and Core i5-13600K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and Core i5-13600K.

PCIe version3.05.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.

Pentium Gold G5500 2.41
i5-13600K 23.84
+889%

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.

Pentium Gold G5500 3823
i5-13600K 37867
+891%

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.

Pentium Gold G5500 793
i5-13600K 2694
+240%

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.

Pentium Gold G5500 1618
i5-13600K 15105
+834%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.41 23.84
Integrated graphics card 3.09 6.16
Recency 2 April 2018 27 September 2022
Physical cores 2 14
Threads 4 20
Power consumption (TDP) 51 Watt 125 Watt

Pentium Gold G5500 has 145.1% lower power consumption.

i5-13600K, on the other hand, has a 889.2% higher aggregate performance score, 99.4% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, and 600% more physical cores and 400% more threads.

The Core i5-13600K is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold G5500 in performance tests.


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