![]() The Core i5 13600K is much more of an all-round powerhouse than I had expected. That's four more E-cores than this chip's predecessor, the Core i5 12600K, but don't be fooled by the E-cores's diminutive name and silicon footprint. The Core i5 13600K is a 14-core processor, made up of six Hyper-Threaded Performance-cores (P-cores) and eight Efficient-cores (E-cores), for a total of 20 threads. It's cheaper than the newer Core i5 14600K, but has the same essential core makeup and actually performs identically. Well-tuned to deliver high gaming frame rates, this is ultimately the chip most gamers should consider first for their next gaming PC. The Intel Core i5 13600K is another mighty mid-range chip from Intel, and you can expect a major uplift in core counts even with this more parsimoniously priced Raptor Lake chip. AMD also keeps making its Ryzen 5000-series CPUs just that much cheaper, which is great if you already have an AM4 motherboard and need an upgrade. On the more affordable side there's the Core i5 13400F. I'm happy to report that there are a ton of great affordable processors out there right now, too. ![]() ![]() The outright best CPU for you isn't all about raw frame rate metrics-most of us game at resolutions where our graphics card is the dominant player in terms of deciding on game performance-so, while the AMD is undoubtedly the best for top-end gaming frame rates, Intel's chip is a superb all-rounder for the money. That's true even now it's launched the 14th Gen, because the Core i9 14900K and Core i5 14600K are just nominal refreshes of the chips that went before them, just with IRL irrelevant clock speed bumps. Now AMD has launched its mega-cache X3D CPUs, we're seeing some stiff competition for the blue team with the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D being the fastest gaming CPU, though the Intel Core i5 13600K is still the best affordable CPU for most gamers.
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