Core i5-13400 vs Core i7-11700F

Compare the Core i5-13400 and Core i7-11700F on real gaming and productivity benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock option.

Core i5-13400
From$352.99
Buy
Core i7-11700F
From$319.12
Buy

The short answer

The Core i5-13400 is the faster chip for gaming, with the two closely matched on price-to-performance.

  • Core i5-13400 is about 12% faster for gaming at 1080p (gaming index 54.5 vs 48.5).
  • Core i7-11700F is the cheaper chip right now, by roughly 11%.
  • Core i5-13400 delivers about 2% more gaming performance per dollar.
  • Core i5-13400 has more cores (10C/16T vs 8C/16T), which helps in heavily threaded workloads.

Gaming performance

CPU-bound gaming score: a geometric mean of in-game frame rates at 1080p, normalized so the fastest gaming CPU we track = 100.

Core i5-1340054.5
Core i7-11700F48.5

Does the CPU matter at 1440p or 4K? Much less. At higher resolutions the graphics card sets the frame rate, so the gap between two CPUs shrinks — often to nothing. The 1080p figure above is the demanding case, where the CPU is stressed and the difference actually shows.

Performance per dollar

Gaming index divided by the current lowest price — higher is better value. This moves with the market as prices change day to day.

Core i5-1340015.4 / $100
Core i7-11700F15.2 / $100

The Core i5-13400 gives about 2% more gaming performance per dollar at today’s prices.

Full platform cost

A complete-platform price needs a live CPU price and an in-stock compatible motherboard on both sides. We can’t build one for Core i7-11700F right now, which is common for older sockets like AM4 where we don’t track current boards. The gaming, value and specs comparisons still apply.

Specs head-to-head

Core i5-13400
Core i7-11700F
Price (from)
$352.99
$319.12
Gaming (1080p index)
54.5
48.5
Cores / threads
10 / 16
8 / 16
Cores (P + E)
6P + 4E
—
Boost clock
4.6 GHz
4.9 GHz
Base clock
2.5 GHz
2.5 GHz
L3 cache
20 MB
16 MB
L2 cache
9.5 MB
4 MB
TDP
65W
65W
Max power
154W
150W
Socket
LGA1700
LGA1200
Memory support
DDR5, 4800; DDR4, 3200
DDR4, 3200
Integrated graphics
Intel UHD 730
None
Architecture
Raptor Lake
Rocket Lake
Process node
Intel 7
Intel 14nm
MSRP
$221.00
$328.00

Productivity & compute

Core i5-13400
Core i7-11700F
PassMark (multi-core)
23,884
20,749
PassMark (single-thread)
3,582
3,254
Geekbench 7 (multi-core)
11,302
9,602
Geekbench 7 (single-core)
2,030
1,882
Cinebench 2024 (multi-core)
737
736
Cinebench 2024 (single-core)
101
82
Cinebench R23 (multi-core)
15,890
14,327
Cinebench R23 (single-core)
1,794
1,545

Efficiency

Gaming performance per watt (gaming index per 100W of TDP) — higher means more frames for the heat and power.

Core i5-1340083.8
Core i7-11700F74.6

Where to buy

Core i5-13400from $352.99
RetailerAvailabilityPriceBuy
AmazonIn stock$352.99
Buy
Core i7-11700Ffrom $319.12
RetailerAvailabilityPriceBuy
NeweggIn stock$319.12
Buy

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