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Best Bench: 124% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 107% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)

Poor: 107% Great: 124%

SPEED RANK: 26^th / 1441

Gaming 117%

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Desktop 116%

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Workstation 138%

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Best Bench: 107% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 83% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg)

Poor: 83% Great: 107%

SPEED RANK: 107^th / 1441

Gaming 96%

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Desktop 99%

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Workstation 87%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		117 %	Faster effective speed. +22%		95.9 %


20 Oct22\|HardwareLUXX The Dino Intel is not yet extinct:...	24 %	Control 19%, SpiderM 6%, CPunk 7%, RiftB 64%, TWarTroy 50%, F122 23%	DoomE 1%
20 Oct22\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-13600K Review - Best...	23 %	Forza5 4%, AoE4 41%, Bord3 29%, FarC6 58%, WatchDL 28%, BFV 15%, CPunk 1%, EldenR 7%, RDR2 11%, Civ6 54%, CSGO 22%, DoomE 1%
22 Nov22\|Gamers Nexus Intel i7-13700K CPU Review & Bench...	20 %	FinFant14 37%, GTAV 32%, SotTR 15%, CSGO 17%, R6S 13%, TWarW3 5%
20 Oct22\|Tweakers Intel 13th Gen Core Raptor Lake Re...	6 %	FarC6 42%, MetroEx 0%, TWarW3 0%	RDR2 3%, F122 8%
20 Oct22\|Linustechtips We were afraid to publish this vid...	29 %	Factorio 14%, Forza5 18%, Hitm3 52%, FarC6 40%, SotTR 18%, CPunk 31%, CSGO 18%, TinTW 20%, TWarW3 53%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	80.8 Pts		84 Pts	+4%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	207 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +28%	162 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	412 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +31%	315 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	814 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +40%	580 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	1516 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +72%	883 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	92.2 Pts		93.8 Pts	+2%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	218 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +27%	172 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	436 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +27%	342 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	858 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +29%	667 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1655 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +67%	989 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.91 %	1 %	Slightly higher market share. +10%
Value Value For Money	111 %	113 %	+1%
User Rating UBM User Rating	84 %	94 %	More popular. +12%
Price Price (score)	$327	$155	Much cheaper. +53%


Age Newest	29 Months	More recent. +29%	41 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watts		65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +48%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	16 cores	Hugely higher core count. +167%	6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	24 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%	12 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	10 nm		7 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +30%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.2 GHz		3.7 GHz	Faster base frequency. +16%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	5.2 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +13%	4.6 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	2996 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +158%	1160 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	2804 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +166%	1055 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Alder Lake	Zen3
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1700	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	UHD 770	None

Intel’s 16-core flagship Alder Lake i9-12900K processor delivers a staggering performance improvement over it's predecessor (+70% 64-core). It features a new hybrid architecture which combines eight hyper-threaded performance cores with eight efficiency cores for a total of 24 threads. Alder Lake CPUs will require a new Z690 chipset which supports DDR5 memory and PCIe 5.0. At an MRSP of $590 USD, the i9-12900K is aimed at power users who demand the best of the best. That said, Intel’s 10-core 12600K matches the 12900K’s performance for the majority of consumer use cases at a 50% price discount. ^{[Nov '21 CPUPro]}

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The Ryzen 5 5600X is both the entry-level and best value for money 5000 series CPU. The 5600X is a hex-core 12 thread processor with a base clock speed of 3.7 GHz boosting to 4.6 GHz. It has 35 MB of cache and a TDP rating of 65W. A cooler is included in the MSRP of $300 USD, but cheap after-market coolers (such as the $20 GAMMAXX 400) are far more effective and therefore worth the upgrade. Notably, AMD’s new Zen 3 architecture has vastly improved single-core performance and lower memory latency, which leads to a significant effective speed advantage over its predecessor, the 3600X. Last year, AMD’s class-leading marketers secured significant sales of the 3000 series CPUs despite a 15% performance deficit against lower priced Intel parts. The games, specific scenes, software/hardware settings and choice of competing hardware were often cherry picked, undisclosed and inconsistent from one product to the next. Now that AMD have actually achieved both top tier performance and market share, their marketing machinery is focused on price hikes. Users that do not wish to pay a marketing premium should investigate Intel’s 11400F, which, when paired with a 2060 Super, delivers higher EFps in four out of five of today’s most popular games, at half the price. Allocating the savings to a higher tier GPU will result in a far superior gaming PC. ^{[Nov '20 CPUPro]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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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