13th Gen Core i5-13600KF vs Core Ultra 9 285H

Short answer: which is best?

13th Gen Core i5-13600KF is 5.5 % stronger than Core Ultra 9 285H. 13th Gen Core i5-13600KF ranks #8 of 44 measured processors at WhatFPS (11,638 CPU score over 1 verified runs). Core Ultra 9 285H ranks #10 of 44 measured processors at WhatFPS (11,033 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 Ultra 9 285H
CPU score (the processor's own performance)11,63811,033
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)6,9073,354
Integer (MT)9.3 Gop/s6.3 Gop/s
Single-thread (1T)0.82 Gop/s0.89 Gop/s
Draw calls/s (DX11)5,942,5993,110,756
Cores / threads14 / 2016 / 16
L3 cache24 MB24 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 Ultra 9 285H