Intel Core i7-13700KF vs Intel Pentium E5500

Last updated: 2024-03-07

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-13700KF		Intel Pentium E5500
CPU comparison Intel Core i7-13700KF or Intel Pentium E5500 - 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 i7-13700KF has 16 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.40 GHz. Up to 192 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-13700KF was released in Q4/2022. The Intel Pentium E5500 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium E5500 was released in Q2/2010.

Intel Core i7 (298)	Family	Intel Pentium (150)
Intel Core i 13000 (17)	CPU group	Intel Pentium E5000/E6000 (13)
13	Generation	2
Raptor Lake S	Architecture	Wolfdale (Penryn)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
Intel Core i7-12700KF	Predecessor	--
Intel Core i7-14700KF	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i7-13700KF is a 16 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.40 GHz (5.40 GHz). The Intel Pentium E5500 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.80 GHz.
Intel Core i7-13700KF	Characteristic	Intel Pentium E5500
16	Cores	2
24	Threads	2
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	No
Yes	Overclocking ?	Yes
3.40 GHz (5.40 GHz) 8x Raptor Cove	A-Core	2.80 GHz 2x Penryn
2.50 GHz (4.20 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 i7-13700KF	Characteristic	Intel Pentium E5500
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU	GPU	no iGPU
	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
--	GPU Generation	--
	Technology
	Max. displays
--	Compute units	--
--	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	--
--	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	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
No	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	No
No	Codec VC-1	No
No	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i7-13700KF supports a maximum of 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium E5500 can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Core i7-13700KF	Characteristic	Intel Pentium E5500
DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR3-1333, DDR2-800
192 GB	Max. Memory	16 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
89.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	21.3 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
24.00 MB	L2 Cache	2.00 MB
30.00 MB	L3 Cache	--
5.0	PCIe version	--
20	PCIe lanes	--
78.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	--
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i7-13700KF has a TDP of 125 W, that of the Intel Pentium E5500 is 65 W.
Intel Core i7-13700KF	Characteristic	Intel Pentium E5500
125 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
253 W	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Core i7-13700KF has a 54.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium E5500 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.
Intel Core i7-13700KF	Characteristic	Intel Pentium E5500
10 nm	Technology	45 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	ISA extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
LGA 1700	Socket	LGA 775
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	VT-x
Yes	AES-NI	No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2022	Release date	Q2/2010
384 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i7-13700KF (100%)

Intel Pentium E5500 (19%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i7-13700KF (100%)

Intel Pentium E5500 (3%)

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 i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz	2065 (100%)
	Intel Pentium E5500 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	396 (19%)

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 i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz	18402 (100%)
	Intel Pentium E5500 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	686 (4%)

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 i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz	47002 (100%)
	Intel Pentium E5500 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	1009 (2%)

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 i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz	126 (100%)
	Intel Pentium E5500 2C 2T @ 2.80 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 i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz	1602 (100%)
	Intel Pentium E5500 2C 2T @ 2.80 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 i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz	2126 (100%)
	Intel Pentium E5500 2C 2T @ 2.80 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 i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz	31062 (100%)
	Intel Pentium E5500 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)

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 i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz	2787 (100%)
	Intel Pentium E5500 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)

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 i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz	17208 (100%)
	Intel Pentium E5500 2C 2T @ 2.80 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 i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz	815 (100%)
	Intel Pentium E5500 2C 2T @ 2.80 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 i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz	11831 (100%)
	Intel Pentium E5500 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)

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 i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz	430 (100%)
	Intel Pentium E5500 2C 2T @ 2.80 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 i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium E5500 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	452 (100%)

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 i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz	310 (100%)
	Intel Pentium E5500 2C 2T @ 2.80 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 i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz	4639 (100%)
	Intel Pentium E5500 2C 2T @ 2.80 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 i7-13700KF 31,062 CB R23 MC @ 220 W	141 (100%)
	Intel Pentium E5500 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)

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