13th Gen Core i5-13600KF vs Core i5-14400F

Short answer: which is best?

13th Gen Core i5-13600KF is 33.3 % stronger than Core i5-14400F. 13th Gen Core i5-13600KF ranks #8 of 44 measured processors at WhatFPS (11,638 CPU score over 1 verified runs). Core i5-14400F ranks #19 of 44 measured processors at WhatFPS (8,732 CPU score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 2 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

Metric13th Gen Core i5-13600KFCore i5-14400F
CPU score (the processor's own performance)11,6388,732
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)6,9077,046
Integer (MT)9.3 Gop/s6.2 Gop/s
Single-thread (1T)0.82 Gop/s0.67 Gop/s
Draw calls/s (DX11)5,942,59910,000,536
Cores / threads14 / 2010 / 16
L3 cache24 MB20 MB

What the numbers mean

The CPU score is the processor's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the processor in, and leans heavily on the graphics card. A strong processor in a weak PC gets a low GAMING score without being worse. We show both and never mix them.

All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik

All measurements for 13th Gen Core i5-13600KF · All measurements for Core i5-14400F