Intel
Intel Core i5-13400
An i5-12400 with a four-core E-core cluster added and 200 MHz more boost, still inside a 65 W base power budget. The multithreaded gain over the 12400 is real; the gaming gain is small, because the P-core design is barely changed from the 12400's.
Pros
- 10 cores / 16 threads at 65 W base — strong multithreaded throughput for a locked, cooler-included chip
- Boosts to 4.6 GHz, a step up from the 12400's 4.4 GHz
- 20 MB L3 and UHD Graphics 730 at 1550 MHz, so it works with no discrete card
- Bundled Laminar RM1 cooler is adequate at stock power limits
- Drops into any existing 600- or 700-series LGA1700 board with a BIOS update
Cons
- Shipped on two different steppings — some units are cut-down Raptor Lake dies, others are Alder Lake silicon, with slightly different cache and power behaviour
- Games barely separate it from a much cheaper i5-12400
- Locked multiplier, and only DDR5-4800 officially versus DDR5-5600 on the K-series parts
- 148 W peak turbo means the stock cooler gets loud in sustained all-core loads
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core i5-13400
General
- Announced
- 2023
- Socket
- LGA1700
- Process
- 10 nm
- Base TDP
- 65 W
- Max turbo power
- 148 W
- Unlocked multiplier
- No
- Cooler included
- Yes
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 10
- Performance cores
- 6
- Efficiency cores
- 4
- Threads
- 16
- Base clock
- 2.5 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.6 GHz
- L2 cache
- 10 MB
- L3 cache
- 20 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel UHD Graphics 730
- iGPU clock
- 1,550 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- DDR5-4800 / DDR4-3200
- Max memory
- 128 GB
- Memory channels
- 2
Platform
- PCIe version
- 5
- CPU PCIe lanes
- 20
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,300
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 11,300
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,800
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 15,800
- PassMark
- 25,600
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core i5-13400 good in 2026?
The Intel Core i5-13400 earns an Inno Score of 53.5/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. An i5-12400 with a four-core E-core cluster added and 200 MHz more boost, still inside a 65 W base power budget. The multithreaded gain over the 12400 is real; the gaming gain is small, because the P-core design is barely changed from the 12400's.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core i5-13400?
Cores: 10 · Threads: 16 · Boost clock: 4.6 GHz · Socket: LGA1700
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core i5-13400?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core i5-13400F, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.