Intel
Intel Core i7-13700K
Eight Raptor Cove P-cores to 5.4 GHz plus eight E-cores, 30 MB L3, and a 253 W maximum turbo power. It is aimed at someone who renders, compiles or streams seriously and games on the same box, and it needs cooling and a board VRM to match.
Pros
- 16 cores / 24 threads with 24 MB L2 and 30 MB L3 — a large multithreaded step over the 13600K
- 5.4 GHz Thermal Velocity Boost keeps it near the top of single-thread charts
- Unlocked multiplier with official DDR5-5600 support
- UHD Graphics 770 iGPU included for display-out and QuickSync transcoding
- Same $409 launch price as the 12700K for roughly a third more multithreaded throughput
Cons
- 253 W maximum turbo power: a 280–360 mm AIO is effectively mandatory, and none is bundled
- Affected by the Raptor Lake Vmin-shift degradation issue — a used unit may already be damaged, and the board must be on microcode 0x12B or later
- Runs hot enough that many boards' default unlimited power profiles cause thermal throttling out of the box
- Only modestly faster than a 13600K in games for a large price and power increase
Very good
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core i7-13700K
General
- Announced
- 2022
- Socket
- LGA1700
- Process
- 10 nm
- Base TDP
- 125 W
- Max turbo power
- 253 W
- Unlocked multiplier
- Yes
- Cooler included
- No
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 16
- Performance cores
- 8
- Efficiency cores
- 8
- Threads
- 24
- Base clock
- 3.4 GHz
- Boost clock
- 5.4 GHz
- L2 cache
- 24 MB
- L3 cache
- 30 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel UHD Graphics 770
- iGPU clock
- 1,600 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- DDR5-5600 / DDR4-3200
- Max memory
- 128 GB
- Memory channels
- 2
Platform
- PCIe version
- 5
- CPU PCIe lanes
- 20
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,850
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 18,200
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 2,100
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 30,300
- PassMark
- 46,500
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core i7-13700K good in 2026?
The Intel Core i7-13700K earns an Inno Score of 74.6/100 (“Very good”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Eight Raptor Cove P-cores to 5.4 GHz plus eight E-cores, 30 MB L3, and a 253 W maximum turbo power. It is aimed at someone who renders, compiles or streams seriously and games on the same box, and it needs cooling and a board VRM to match.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core i7-13700K?
Cores: 16 · Threads: 24 · Boost clock: 5.4 GHz · Socket: LGA1700
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core i7-13700K?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core i7-14700, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, AMD Ryzen 7 9700X — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.