UserBenchmark: Intel Core i5-13500 vs i7-6950X

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Best Bench: 116% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 108% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)

Poor: 108% Great: 116%

SPEED RANK: 36^th / 1442

Gaming 113%

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Desktop 113%

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Workstation 121%

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Best Bench: 100% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 77% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 1.25 GHz (avg)

Poor: 77% Great: 100%

SPEED RANK: 164^th / 1442

Gaming 87%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 90%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		113 %	Faster effective speed. +30%		86.8 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	84.9 Pts		88.2 Pts	+4%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	195 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +71%	114 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	386 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +69%	228 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	750 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +64%	458 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	1283 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +45%	884 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	91.9 Pts		95.9 Pts	+4%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	201 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +42%	142 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	395 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +40%	283 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	759 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +34%	565 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1348 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +21%	1118 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.25 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%	0 %
Value Value For Money	119 %	Much better value. +61%	73.9 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	85 %	Much more popular. +37%	62 %
Price Price (score)	$228	Much cheaper. +54%	$499


Age Newest	15 Months	Hugely more recent. +84%	94 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +54%	140 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	14 cores	Much higher core count. +40%	10 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	20 threads		20 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	10 nm	Newer manufacturing. +29%	14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	2.5 GHz		3 GHz	Faster base frequency. +20%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.8 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +20%	4 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	2238 Pts	Faster OC 64-core speed. +24%	1799 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	2151 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +46%	1470 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Raptor Lake	Broadwell-E
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1700	LGA2011-V3
Graphics Integrated Graphics	UHD 770	None

The Intel Core i5-13500 offers an interesting mix of performance and value that will likely capture the attention of savvy PC builders providing its MSRP of $235 USD holds true. The 13500 features the same 6 P-cores and 8 E-cores as the i5-13600K, which currently retails for $320 USD. However, it has a lower boost clock frequency (4.8 GHz versus 5.1 GHz) and less cache (35.5 MB versus 44 MB) which translates to a 10% performance disadvantage against the 13600K. Nevertheless, paired with a B660 motherboard and inexpensive DDR4, the 20 thread i5-13500, is a very capable mid-range processor for both gaming and multi-threaded tasks. Compared to AMD’s similarly priced, hex-core Ryzen 5 7600 and 7600X, the 13500 offers better gaming and 50% faster multi-core performance which is particularly beneficial to workstation and professional users. Intel has completely priced AMD's 7000 series CPUs out of the rational market. Despite this, as long as Intel continues to sample and sponsor marketers that are mostly funded by AMD, they will struggle to win market share. ^{[Jan '23 CPUPro]}

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The Core i7-6950X is Intel’s new top of the range prosumer CPU. This flagship model has a whopping ten cores with base and turbo frequencies of 3.0 and 4.0 GHz respectively. The 6950X is based on the 14 nm Broadwell-E architecture. It has a TDP of 140 watts, 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes and no integrated graphics. Because of its ridiculously high MSRP of around $2,000, this CPU only makes sense for very niche use cases which could include top end graphics design or video production workstations. Comparing the 6950X and 6700K shows that for typical desktop use the 6950X only offers a gain of around 20% for a whopping 6 fold price increase. This is because desktop computing largely depends on single core performance and the Skylake i7-6700K is both clocked higher and has higher IPC due to its one generation lead over the 6950X. That said, if you want the most powerful desktop processor money can buy, then the 6950X hits the spot. ^{[Jun '16 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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