We recently saw a full performance review of the Intel Core i9-13900K, the processor that will become the chip giant’s next flagship, and today we can share with you the first performance test technical sample Intel Core i5-13600Kchip that will replace the Intel Core i5-12600K, and I was honestly quite impressed by it as it was able to outperform the Ryzen 9 5950X.

First, it is necessary to put the result in the context that we will see. Ryzen 9 5950X It’s the most powerful processor AMD has right now in the regular consumer market it has 16 cores and 32 threads and its price ranged between 800 and 900 euros. At the time of writing, its price has dropped to €580 due to competition from the Alder Lake-S.

The Intel Core i5-13600K will be the opposite mid-range processor for “enthusiast” users who want to enjoy a high level of performance with a limited investment. This means that it will be placed in a clearly lower range than the Ryzen 9 5950X and that it will be much cheaper. The official prices are not yet known, but I dare say that they will be between 300 and 350 euros.

With this clear difference, it’s very easy to see why this first Intel Core i5-13600K performance test in CPU-Z pleasantly surprised us, and that’s the processor in question outperformed Ryzen 9 5950X in single threadand it’s left just a bit lower in multithreading, as we can see in the attached image. It is important to remember that we are dealing with an engineering sample, which means that its operating frequencies should be lower than the commercial version and therefore it will have a slightly higher performance.

In Cinebench R23, the Intel Core i5-13600K scores 1,387 in single thread and 24,420 points in multiple threads, which represents a 40% improvement in multi-threaded performance and a significant drop in single-threaded performance. The person responsible for this analysis didn’t explain why there was this stark contrast with a stark increase and a stark drop, but it’s clear that it’s because of what we said earlier, that we are facing a technical pattern and that their maximum operating frequencies are severely limited.

From what I have seen, the working temperatures are around 78 degrees, high level but completely safe. In the final version Intel Core i5-13600K we can expect more contained valuesand also a more adjusted consumption, since this technical sample reached 173 degrees in PL2 mode, but everything seems to indicate that the commercial version will not exceed 160 watts.

Full specifications of Intel Core i5-13600K

• Raptor Lake-S generation, successor to Alder Lake-S.
• Made on an Intel 7 node (improved by 10nm).
• 6 high-performance cores based on the Raptor Cove architecture at 4.9 GHz-5.1 GHz (technical sample used, it will be higher in the final version).
• 8 highly efficient cores based on the Gracemont architecture at 3.9 GHz (4 GHz in tests).
• 20 threads thanks to HyperThreading technology, which allows each high-performance core to handle one process and one thread.
• 44 MB cache (L2 + L3).
• 125 Watt TDP (PL1).
• Unlocked multiplier.
• Intel Iris X GPU.