Intel Core i7-13700K Review - Hits the Sweet Spot

00:00 Start
00:36 The technology
02:50 The setup
05:58 BIOS / Blender
07:19 Cinebench R23
07:48 Efficiency
09:26 Power and Temps
09:45 Differences in boards
10:09 Result discussion
11:36 Blender V3 Classroom
12:41 Handbrake conversion H.264/H.265
13:29 7ZIP Benchmark
13:48 3DMark CPU Profile
14:11 Gaming benchmarks
15:46 Leo’s closing thoughts

Specification:
P-Core Base Frequency: 3.0GHz
E-Core Base Frequency: 2.5GHz
Socket: LGA1700
Intel Smart L3 Cache: 30MB
L2 Cache: 24MB
Processor Cores: 24 (8P + 8E)
Processor Threads: 24
Memory Support: DDR4-3600MHz & DDR5 5200-6000MHz
Intel Thermal Velocity Boost Frequency: N/A
Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 Frequency: 5.4GHz
P-Core Max Turbo Frequency: 5.3GHz
E-Core Max Turbo Frequency:: 4.2GHz
CPU PCIe Lanes:20
Unlocked: YES
Chipset: Intel 600 & 700 Series Compatible
Intel UHD 770 Graphics
Base Power: 125W
Maximum Power: 253W

Test System:
Processor: Intel Core i7-13700K (24 cores/32 threads)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H150i Elite LCD
Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero BIOS 0502
Memory: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6000
Graphics card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 6950 XT Gaming OC 16GB
Power supply: Seasonic Prime TX-1600W Titanium
SSD: 500GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 M.2 NVMe
OS: Windows 11

Pros:
Good all-round performance
Decent value for money
Z790 platform and fast DDR5 work really well together

Cons:
On Auto the Core i7 runs hot and is hungry for power
Gamers can happily stick with Core i5-13600K
Content creators should choose Core i9 or Ryzen 9

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#intel #13700k #raptorlake

[KitGuruTech]

Intel 13th Gen or AMD 7000 - who wins in your opinion?

[videosbymathew]

Super glad for the purchase confirmation! I'm really happy with the 13700k. I need top single-threaded performance for those simulation type games, fast loading of apps in general, snappiness of Windows, and this CPU certain delivers, all the while providing excellent mixed use performance.

[schmoogle]

I am very happy with my 13700k. Seems to be a good sweet spot. I almost dropped down to the 13600k, but figured that adding a little extra grunt would be better for long term usage. Price was not bad (£415 vs £329 for i5) Now I just need to wait for a good price on a 3080 or see how much 4070 sells for to finish the build.

[alpenfoxvideo]

Just ordered the 13700K! coming from a 3950X it's refreshing to see the "midrange" punch so hard

[selindy]

Another brilliantly ambivalent review thanks guys.

[tommyzorera]

Great review! Appreciate the hard work.

[justindavis]

nice review leo, bought one of your mugs too, looks great. drinking my tea with it today

[egecanselamikaya]

Nice how you take it through the build as you’re doing the review of the CPU.

[sascenturion]

Oooh ..been Waiting for you guys to review this! 😀👍
Hold my hat! While i watch 😁😂

[furmen]

That 115 watt performance is really impressive. Think that will be my default setting when I finally get around to picking one of these up.

[riksanchez]

Excellent research and info. Thank you!

[ComboDamageTV]

This processor came with my Raptor Canyon (NUC 13 Extreme)...and its a beast.

[northern.adventures]

Bought one a year ago on black sale. Great cpu for gaming with my 4070 ti oc z790 prime- a motherboard 👌

[witewulf-ff]

My 13700K was able to undervolt by 100mV under "Instant 6GHz" overclocking on a Gigabyte Z690 board. Cinebench R23 score is still around 30900 with DDR4-3200 RAM. But CPU power draw is 230W and max core temperature is less than 90C using an air cooler Scythe Mugen 5. Try undervolting as it helps with performance by reducing the power draw and temperature.

[TheMartinSan]

I just got home from picking mine up, ironically all I'm waiting for now is the cooling paste since they missed it in my order...Have to wait till friday to assemble my darling :) Which of these tests best represent playing a game, downloading a movie and watching youtube at the same time. A normal usage scenario in other words.

[elijahmant]

Hey, KitGuruTech. Good an very interesting video. I am due an upgrade real soon. My 13 years old machine is sounding a little tied and concerning to me. I have built my own DAW's for music for years, but what really concerns my at this time is the Power consumption of these builds. 214 plus, give an take in wattages. With energy bills sky high. These numbers you displayed during your tests do concern me. Please, what's the average idle wattage of this type of CPU ?

[Speak_Out_and_Remove_All_Doubt]

Hey Leo, thanks for the review. I was wondering if you could help answer this for me as I've only ever been able to find people talk about the sometimes quite large performance difference of DDR5 vs DDR4 on a high end Raptor Lake system in relation to gaming performance but does this translate to productivity workloads too? Will using DDR4 3200 leave a lot of the 13700K performance on the table in non-gaming workloads?

[ranjitkoothuparambil]

I have 17 13700K in cinebench mark package temp reaching 100 degree…I have 240mm aio how do i undervolt ?

[hustleathomeph]

Thank you for this very great review Leo! Still waiting for you to test the 13th gen CPU on ddr4 motherboards and memory

[orkhepaj]

which cpu should i buy for 6 years mostly gaming maybe a little 3d + vid edit?