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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-13900KF outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8600K on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-8600K is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-13900KF is 1818 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8600K.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-13900KF
- Performs up to 13% better in Baldur's Gate 3 than Core i5-8600K - 133 vs 118 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600K - 32 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600K
- Up to 50% cheaper than Core i9-13900KF - £202.18 vs £405.42
- Up to 44% better value when playing Baldur's Gate 3 than Core i9-13900KF - £1.71 vs £3.05 per FPS
- Consumes up to 24% less energy than Intel Core i9-13900KF - 95 vs 125 Watts
Baldur's Gate 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-13900KF
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
133
100%
Value, £/FPS
£3.05/FPS
56.0655737704918%
Price, £
£405.42
49%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-13900KF Desktop Processor 24 cores (8 P-cores + 16 E-cores) 36M Cache, up to 5.8 GHz
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Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
FPS
118
88.7218045112782%
Value, £/FPS
£1.71/FPS
100%
Price, £
£202.18
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i5-8600K Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.60GHz/9MB/Coffee Lake/95W/Graphics)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-13900KF
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Single-Core
1546
52.00134544231416%
Multi-Core
5597
27.844385851450177%
Intel Core i9-13900KF | vs | Intel Core i5-8600K |
|---|---|---|
Sep 27th, 2022 | Release Date | Oct 5th, 2017 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Raptor Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
24 | Cores | 6 |
32 | Threads | 6 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
5.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 125 W | TDP | 95 W |
10 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i9-13900KF or Core i5-8600K
Baldur's Gate 3, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
133 FPS
£25.44/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, N/A Storage
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£3,382.95
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133 FPS
£25.94/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-13900KF
24 GB, N/A Storage
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£3,449.99
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86 FPS
£18.13/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,558.8
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80 FPS
£25.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,018.4
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86 FPS
£17.72/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,524
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133 FPS
£28.56/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-13900KF
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£3,799
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68 FPS
£18.34/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,246.8
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112 FPS
£20.36/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,279.95
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112 FPS
£19.46/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,179.95
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100 FPS
£17.94/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,793.95
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