Core i5 13600K
Intel desktop processor · Core i 13th gen · launched October 2022
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Core i5 13600K launched at $319 in 2022. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $361 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 13% rise over 4 years. At its launch price that is 94 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2022 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 299 (middle half of runs 282–309) across 383 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #49 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #9 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 | October 2022 |
| Launch price | $319 (1,000-unit price) |
| Socket | LGA 1700 |
| Cores / threads | 14 / 20 |
| Base clock | 3.5 GHz |
| Boost clock | 5.1 GHz |
| L3 cache | 24 MB |
| Rated power | 125 W (base power), up to 181 W |
| Integrated graphics | UHD 770 |
| 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 12400 | 2022 | $202 | $228 | 152 |
| Core i5 12400F | 2022 | $192 | $217 | 154 |
| 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 |
Compare with
- Core i5 13600KF · 2022 · $294 · 286
- Core i7 12700 · 2022 · $339 · 226
- Core i7 12700F · 2022 · $314 · 241
- Core i7 12700T · 2022 · $339
- Core i7 13700K · 2022 · $409 · 378
- Core i7 13700KF · 2022 · $384 · 375
- Core i9 12900 · 2022 · $489 · 251
- Core i9 12900F · 2022 · $464 · 276
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