Intel Core i5 13400 vs Intel Core i7 9700K

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i5 13400, vs Intel Core i7 9700K. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i5 13400 and Intel Core i7 9700K
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13400
1786
Intel Core i7 9700K
1285
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 13400
15953
Intel Core i7 9700K
9428
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13400
n/a
Intel Core i7 9700K
74
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13400
n/a
Intel Core i7 9700K
518
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13400
3519
Intel Core i7 9700K
2868
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 13400
23569
Intel Core i7 9700K
14426
Integer Math77.3 GOps/s41.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math58.5 GOps/s35.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Search73 M primes/s52 M primes/s
Random String Sort30.7 M strings/s25.8 M strings/s
Data Encryption15.8 GB/s4.6 GB/s
Data Compression300.4 MB/s208.6 MB/s
Physics1230 frames/s881 frames/s
Extended Instructions191 M matrices/s181 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13400
2402
Intel Core i7 9700K
1817
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 13400
10856
Intel Core i7 9700K
8435
File Compression755.8 MB/s666.4 MB/s
Clang Compilation89.9 KLines/s63.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser231.6 pages/s191 pages/s
PDF Rendering310 MP/sec262.2 MP/sec
Text Processing244 pages/s182.9 pages/s
Background Blur52.4 frames/s52.6 frames/s
Photo Processing77.8 frames/s74.1 frames/s
Ray Tracing20.4 MP/sec11.3 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i5 13400
200.73
Intel Core i7 9700K
133.75

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 167 PPW 88.8 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 362.6 PPW 151.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W n/a 5.5 PPW
Blender / W 3.09 PPW 1.41 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel Intel
Announced January, 3, 2023 October, 8, 2018
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Coffee Lake
Model number i5-13400 i7-9700K
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 730 UHD Graphics 630

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 8
Threads 12 8
Frequency 2.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.5 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores4n/a
Threads4n/a
Frequency1.8 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.4 GHzn/a
General
Cores count108
Threads count168
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidthn/a8 GT/s
Multiplier25x36x
L1 cache80 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1280 KB/core256 KB/core
L3 Cache20 MB total12 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Process tech. 10 nm 14 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 95 W
Max TDP (Boost) 154 W n/a
Socket LGA-1700 LGA-1151
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666
Max Size 192 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 76.8 GB 41.6 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 16
Channels n/a 41422

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core i5 13400 the clear winner in this comparison.

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