Intel Core i5-13600KF vs Apple A9

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Intel Core i5-13600KF CPU1 vs CPU2 Apple A9
Intel Core i5-13600KF Apple A9

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-13600KF or Apple A9 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i5-13600KF has 14 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.10 GHz. Up to 192 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-13600KF was released in Q4/2022.

The Apple A9 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.85 GHz. The CPU supports up to 2 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Apple A9 was released in Q3/2015.
Intel Core i5 (331) Family Apple A series (22)
Intel Core i 13000 (17) CPU group Apple A9/A9X (2)
13 Generation 9
Raptor Lake S Architecture A9
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Core i5-12600KF Predecessor Apple A8
Intel Core i5-14600KF Successor Apple A10 Fusion

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-13600KF has 14 CPU cores and can calculate 20 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-13600KF is 3.50 GHz (5.10 GHz) while the Apple A9 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Apple A9 is at 1.85 GHz.

Intel Core i5-13600KF Characteristic Apple A9
14 Cores 2
20 Threads 2
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? No
3.50 GHz (5.10 GHz)
6x Raptor Cove
A-Core 1.85 GHz
2x Twister
2.60 GHz (3.90 GHz)
8x Gracemont
B-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i5-13600KF Characteristic Apple A9
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-13600KF or Apple A9 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU Apple A9
GPU frequency 0.65 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation 6
Technology 16 nm
Max. displays 1
-- Compute units 24
-- Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 4 GB
-- DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Apple A9
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-13600KF can use up to 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 89.6 GB/s. The Apple A9 supports up to 2 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

Intel Core i5-13600KF Characteristic Apple A9
DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR4-3200
192 GB Max. Memory 2 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
89.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Yes ECC No
20.00 MB L2 Cache 3.00 MB
24.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version --
20 PCIe lanes --
78.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i5-13600KF is 125 W, while the Apple A9 has a TDP of 5 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i5-13600KF Characteristic Apple A9
125 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 5 W
181 W TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-13600KF is manufactured in 10 nm and has 44.00 MB cache. The Apple A9 is manufactured in 16 nm and has a 7.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i5-13600KF Characteristic Apple A9
10 nm Technology 16 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ ISA extensions --
LGA 1700 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems iOS
Q4/2022 Release date Q3/2015
294 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i5-13600KF (100%)
Apple A9 (27%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i5-13600KF (100%)
Apple A9 (6%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz
1955 (100%)
Apple A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
558 (29%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz
16227 (100%)
Apple A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
1024 (6%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz
2639 (100%)
Apple A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
632 (24%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz
16192 (100%)
Apple A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
921 (6%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz
38449 (100%)
Apple A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
2053 (5%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz
116 (100%)
Apple A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz
1282 (100%)
Apple A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz
2021 (100%)
Apple A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz
24125 (100%)
Apple A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz
775 (100%)
Apple A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz
9329 (100%)
Apple A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple A9 Apple A9
Apple A9 @ 0.65 GHz
250 (100%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
172160 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz
347 (100%)
Apple A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz
829 (100%)
Apple A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 3.50 GHz
9848 (100%)
Apple A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz
290 (100%)
Apple A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz
3652 (100%)
Apple A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
24,125 CB R23 MC @ 174 W
139 (100%)
Apple A9 Apple A9
1.85 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-13600KF Apple A9
Unknown Apple iPhone 6s
Apple iPhone SE (1. Gen)

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