Intel® Core™ i5-13600KF Desktop Processor 14 cores (6 P-cores + 8 E-cores) 24M Cache, up to 5.1 GHz

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Professional tools are often well optimized to use many cores. CPU cores allow tools to parallelize processing tasks. Increasing the number of cores can divide the time required to process a task if the tool has good multi-threading support. Based on our evaluation, the 13600KF's 5.10 GHz max turbo boost frequency of the Performance cores is excellent for performance overall. P-core turbo boost frequencies can be maintained with a high-end cooler. Based on our evaluation, the 7600's impressive 32 MB of L3 cache is excellent for performance overall.

Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics only: to use the Intel® Iris® Xe brand, the system must be populated with 128-bit (dual channel) memory. Otherwise, use the Intel® UHD brand. Based around the epic gaming CPU, the new Intel 13th Generation Core i5 13600KF, the Tritium is a true multi-disciplined gaming PC. Gaming and Streaming, Content Creation, it does it all and it does it well! Office and web applications are typically single-threaded, so running a single application won't take advantage of a many-core CPU.

Based on our evaluation of using Intel's Core i5-13600KF CPU for general apps, you can expect excellent app performance with a high-performance CPU cooler. You can search our catalog of processors, chipsets, kits, SSDs, server products and more in several ways.

Based on our evaluation, the 13600KF's 5.10 GHz single-core max turbo boost frequency is excellent for performance overall. You can maintain these frequencies with a high-end cooler. Use conditions are the environmental and operating conditions derived from the context of system use. Compared to Intel’s ultra-powerful “laptop” processor, the Core i9-12900HX, the i5-13600K can hold its own in Corona but pulls ahead in Cinebench, Geekbench, and 7-Zip, and loses in CPU-Z. The i9-12900HX is a “mobile desktop” processor and is currently the most powerful you can get in any laptop.Processors that support 64-bit computing on Intel® architecture require an Intel 64 architecture-enabled BIOS. Its 8 Efficiency cores have a 2.60 GHz base frequency and support a 3.90 GHz max turbo boost frequency. We found that, in general, more cores do provide better performance in professional tools and when running multiple applications simultaneously. The base wattage is similar in the 12th, and 13th Gen i5-K models at 125W, but the new 13th Generation can peak at 181 watts instead of 150.