13th Gen Core i7-13620H vs Core i5-8600K

Short answer: which is best?

13th Gen Core i7-13620H is 30.7 % stronger than Core i5-8600K. 13th Gen Core i7-13620H ranks #51 of 84 measured processors at WhatFPS (7,137 CPU score over 1 verified runs). Core i5-8600K ranks #67 of 84 measured processors at WhatFPS (5,461 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 i7-13620HCore i5-8600K
CPU score (the processor's own performance)7,1375,461
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)4,4012,908
Integer (MT)4.3 Gop/s3.2 Gop/s
Single-thread (1T)0.6 Gop/s0.47 Gop/s
Draw calls/s (DX11)9,607,9447,825,171
Cores / threads10 / 166 / 6
L3 cache24 MB9 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 i7-13620H · All measurements for Core i5-8600K