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Intel Core Ultra 5 245K vs i5 13600KF

76 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
VS
67 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13600KF
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
Intel Core i5 13600KF

We compared two 14-core desktop CPUs: the 4.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 245K against the 3.5 GHz i5 13600KF. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
124.2
(Excellent)
Value Index
88.5
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 13600KF and 245K
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (14%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2981 vs 2713 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 245K
vs
Core i5 13600KF

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (67th and 111th place)
Submit your benchmark results

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1370 MB/sec 1400 MB/sec
Clang compilation 144.3 Klines/sec 135.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 404.1 pages/sec 393.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 470.1 Mpixels/sec 437.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 338.3 pages/sec 270.9 pages/sec
Background blur 86.2 images/sec 66.9 images/sec
Photo processing 150.7 images/sec 141 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.1 Mpixels/sec 29.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 664 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 98.5 GOps/sec 122 GOps/sec
Floating point math 130.7 GOps/sec 90.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 414M Primes/sec 150M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 55.1M Strings/sec 50.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 33.3 GBytes/sec 26.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 459 MBytes/sec 473.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 3078 Frames/sec 2206 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 37.6B Matrices/sec 28.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1050 & 4496 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.1 PPW 9.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 142.9 PPW 130 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 344.4 PPW 298.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.58 PPW 2.48 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-28 (AvengedSam)GeekBench2967 / 16219
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-27 (Permonix)Cinebench 2024136 / 1518
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Intel Core i5 13600KF
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-01 -> PouryaCinebench 2026630 / 3977
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-11 (Gogy)Cinebench 2024117 / 1290
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-13 (JM)Cinebench 2024116 / 1624
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-22 (Leo)Cinebench 2024116 / 1209
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-10 (Polemiccs)Cinebench 2024126 / 1467
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 245K and i5 13600KF

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released October 11, 2024 September 27, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Raptor Lake
Model number 245K i5-13600KF
Integrated GPU Arc iGPU (4-Cores) No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X - AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus - Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus
Intel CPU rating (24th and 58th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 6 12
Base Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 8
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.6 GHz 3.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 14
Total Threads 14 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 42x 35x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 17.8 billions -
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 159 W 181 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 100Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (33rd and 59th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1900 MHz -
Shading Units 512 -
TMUs 32 -
ROPs 16 -
Execution Units 64 -
TGP 14 W -
iGPU FLOPS
See: Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 245K official page Intel Core i5 13600KF official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 20

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Comments

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