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. Intel's Core i5-13600KF CPUs have 6 Performance cores (P-cores) and 8 Efficiency cores (E-cores) for a total of 14 cores. Based on our evaluation, the 7600's 5.1 GHz single-core max boost frequency is excellent for performance overall. You can maintain these frequencies with a high-end cooler. 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.

Based on our evaluation, the 7600 CPU's support for PCIe 5.0 can be excellent for performance overall, when using the fastest SSDs and graphics cards. But on a HandBrake 4K encode, Geekbench, Cinebench, CPU-Z, Corona, and Blender, all the results favor Intel’s newest Core i5 over AMD despite the Ryzen 7 7700X peaking at 5.4GHz (Intel is “just” 5.1GHz), having more L3 cache, and being on a 5nm manufacturing node. But AMD uses less power at just 105 watts instead of the i5’s peak of 181 watts, so there’s that.

Indeed, compared to its Intel counterparts, the 7-Zip compression benchmark nearly always benefits AMD processors.

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