Intel® Core™ i5-13400 Desktop Processor 10 cores (6 P-cores + 4 E-cores) 20MB Cache, up to 4.6 GHz

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Both CPUs are a testament to Intel’s prowess in creating efficient and powerful processors, but they cater to different user needs. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

Processor Base Power (previously: PL1 or TDP) can now be considered to be the time-averaged sustained power draw in non-Turbo mode. He also enjoys making short videos for TikTok and believes everyone reading this should go follow our account immediately. Both maintain a balance between performance and heat generation, ensuring longevity and reliability. We conducted our gaming tests with an Nvidia RTX 4090, so performance deltas will shrink with lesser cards and higher resolution and fidelity settings.The 13400F has around 5% higher single-core and 35% higher multi-core performance than its predecessor. It's fairly immaterial which you actually receive, but you can find out whether you have a Raptor Lake or Alder Lake die from the CPU revision listed in applications such as CPU-Z. All configurations with overclocked memory also have tuned core frequencies and/or lifted power limits.

You'll understand why once you read these specs: A 10-core processor made up of six Performance-cores (P-cores) and four Efficient-cores (E-cores), the Core i5 13400F has a total of 16 threads. Tom's Hardware is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher.

With DDR4, we couldn't overclock beyond DDR4-3600 CL16 in Gear 1 (Gear 2 is slow) due to Intel's locked System Agent (SA) voltage.

Pay in 3 is a form of credit, may not be suitable for everyone and use may affect your credit score. The time-averaged power dissipation that the processor is validated to not exceed during manufacturing while executing an Intel-specified high complexity workload at Base Frequency and at the junction temperature as specified in the Datasheet for the SKU segment and configuration. This won't be applicable after a month or so (be sure to check current pricing), but the above table gives us the needed nuance for the Core i5-13400 vs Ryzen 5 7600 debate. MB of dedicated L2 cache, compared to the 2 MB present on the Core i5-13600K or higher processor models; and the processor's E-core cluster has 2 MB of L2 cache shared among the four E-cores; compared to 4 MB per cluster on the i5-13600K or higher. The 13400's four e-cores provide extra horsepower that helps with streaming — programs like OBS are designed to take advantage — and the additional cores don't add too much power consumption.Excellent consistencyThe range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i5-13400F is just 7. The final product is the same, regardless of which die is under the hood, but this does mean that you don't see the L2 cache increase that Intel introduced with Raptor Lake on the Core i5 13400F. As you'll see in our power testing, we didn't see the chip exceed 110W in any of our testing, so the MTP rating is higher than needed. That's a pretty slim delta, though, considering the 13400's lower pricing and big improvements in productivity applications.

out of the box, a clock speed that wouldn't have seemed out of place on the box of a Core i7 only a few years back. Product certification and use condition information can be found in the Production Release Qualification (PRQ) report for this SKU. Intel blocks multiplier overclocks with all but its K-series chips, meaning neither the Core i5 13400F or Core i5 12400 should have been able to do it, but a few motherboard manufacturers made BCLK overclocking available to non-K 12th Gen processors. Both CPUs are built on Intel’s advanced architecture, supporting DDR4-3200 and DDR5-4800 memory, catering to a range of user preferences and budgets.Gen Intel® Core™ processors deliver highly flexible architecture and industry-leading tools for the ultimate in performance customization. If you should receive a product that has been damaged while in transit please reach out to us here within 2 Days and we will certainly be able to address your concerns. If you're running a script or application, please register or sign in with your developer credentials here.