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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.

Yea that's true but it is a really good all around CPU if you don't want to break the bank but still get all around great performance. The 5800X3D is still the best bang per buck considering both 7000 series and Raptor Lake are expensive and aren't worth it imo outside of workstation performance. But if someone does want a budget upgrade that they want to keep for a long time, a cheap z690 that's on sale + 13600k would do wonders.