Core i7-6700K vs Core i5-13400F

Prices and Stock

Prices and Stock
MSRP $196

Thermaltake LCGS Quartz i460 R4 Gaming Desktop (Intel Core™ i5-13400F, 3600Mhz 16GB RGB Memory, NVIDIA GeForce® RTX 4060, 1TB NVMe M.2) S2QT-B66R-460-LCS

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-13400F outperforms the cheaper Core i7-6700K on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i7-6700K is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-13400F is 2713 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-6700K.

Advantages of Core i7-6700K

Up to 85% cheaper than Core i5-13400F - $137.40 vs $899.99
Up to 83% better value when playing Alan Wake 2 than Core i5-13400F - $1.21 vs $7.09 per FPS
Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-13400F doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Core i5-13400F

Performs up to 11% better in Alan Wake 2 than Core i7-6700K - 127 vs 114 FPS
Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-6700K - 16 vs 8 threads

This is a free version of Alan Wake 2.

Alan Wake 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Core i7-6700K

Desktop • Aug 1st, 2015

FPS

114

90%

Value, $/FPS

$1.21/FPS

100%

Price, $

$137.4

100%

Value Winner

Intel Core i7-6700K

Buy for $137.4 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 39 minutes ago

Core i5-13400F

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023

FPS

127

100%

Value, $/FPS

$7.09/FPS

17%

Price, $

$899.99

15%

FPS Winner

Thermaltake LCGS Quartz i460 R4 Gaming Desktop (Intel Core™ i5-13400F, 3600Mhz 16GB RGB Memory, NVIDIA GeForce® RTX 4060, 1TB NVMe M.2) S2QT-B66R-460-LCS

Buy for $899.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 47 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Core i7-6700K

Desktop • Aug 1st, 2015

Core i5-13400F

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023

1920 x 1080

Very High

488

FPS

374

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

Very High

286

FPS

173

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Ultra

151

FPS

131

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Ultra

672

FPS

568

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

1920 x 1080

Best Looking

241

FPS

207

FPS

Dota 2

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Core i7-6700K

Desktop • Aug 1st, 2015

Single-Core

1480

65%

Multi-Core

4897

46%

Core i5-13400F

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023

Single-Core

2290

100%

Multi-Core

10745

100%

Core i7-6700K	vs	Core i5-13400F
Aug 1st, 2015	Release Date	Jan 4th, 2023
Core i7	Collection	Core i5
Skylake	Codename	Raptor Lake
Intel Socket 1151	Socket	Intel Socket 1700
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
4	Cores	10
8	Threads	16
4.0 GHz	Base Clock Speed	2.5 GHz
4.2 GHz	Turbo Clock Speed	4.6 GHz
91 W	TDP	Not Available
14 nm	Process Size	10 nm
40.0x	Multiplier	25.0x
HD Graphics 530	Integrated Graphics	None
No	Overclockable	No