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Captain_Yuri said:

While I do think 13900k is a bit of a joke with those power figures, the 13600k looks pretty insane.

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-i5-13600k/6.html

It does still sip a lot of watts, especially if you truly push it:

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-i5-13600k/17.html

But I think in gaming even without unlocking the power limits, it will be very competitive. Techpowerup does have gaming figures but theirs look a tad too Intel favoured compared to other review outlets so I'd get a second opinion on that. Regardless of which, for $330, you are getting close to 5950x in multi-theaded performance while being close to the top in gaming charts.

While the power draw of the 13600K looks sane compared to the 13900K, it's still a huge increase from the 12600K, which on the same chart only draws 128W. That's a 50% increase for probably just a 10-20% performance increase in most scenarios.