Core i5 13400
Intel desktop processor · Core i 13th gen · launched January 2023
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Core i5 13400 launched at $221 in 2023. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $240 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 9% rise over 3 years. At its launch price that is 87 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2023 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 192 (middle half of runs 179–204) across 54 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #105 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #17 of 20 in the Core i 13th gen.
This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.
Specifications
| Vendor | Intel |
|---|---|
| Series | Core i 13th gen |
| Launched | January 2023 |
| Launch price | $221 (1,000-unit price) |
| Socket | LGA 1700 |
| Cores / threads | 10 / 16 |
| Base clock | 2.5 GHz |
| Boost clock | 4.6 GHz |
| L3 cache | 20 MB |
| Rated power | 65 W (base power), up to 154 W |
| Integrated graphics | UHD 730 |
| Tier | 5-series |
The Intel 5-series over time
Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core i5 12400T | 2022 | $202 | $228 | — |
| Core i5 12500 | 2022 | $202 | $228 | 153 |
| Core i5 12500T | 2022 | $202 | $228 | — |
| Core i5 12600 | 2022 | $223 | $252 | 164 |
| Core i5 12600T | 2022 | $223 | $252 | — |
| Core i5 12490F | 2022 | — | — | — |
| Core i5 13600K | 2022 | $319 | $361 | 299 |
| Core i5 13600KF | 2022 | $294 | $332 | 286 |
| Core i5 13400 | 2023 | $221 | $240 | 192 |
| Core i5 13400F | 2023 | $196 | $213 | 195 |
| Core i5 13400T | 2023 | $221 | $240 | — |
| Core i5 13500 | 2023 | $232 | $252 | 249 |
| Core i5 13500T | 2023 | $232 | $252 | — |
| Core i5 13600 | 2023 | $255 | $277 | 222 |
| Core i5 13600T | 2023 | $255 | $277 | — |
| Core i5 13490F | 2023 | — | — | 197 |
Compare with
- Core i5 13400F · 2023 · $196 · 195
- Core i5 13400T · 2023 · $221
- Core i5 13490F · 2023 · 197
- Core i5 13500 · 2023 · $232 · 249
- Core i5 13500T · 2023 · $232
- Core i5 13600 · 2023 · $255 · 222
- Core i5 13600T · 2023 · $255
- Core i5 14600KF · 2023 · $294 · 309
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