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Captain_Yuri said:

Intel Core i5-13400F 10-core CPU has been listed by US retailer for $216

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-i5-13400f-10-core-cpu-has-been-listed-by-us-retailer-for-216

Insane value. Just think how far we have come after almost a decade of quad core chips for consumer.

Is it, tho? From the article:

"According to this listing, the next-gen CPU series would be 24% to 27% pricier than the predecessor. Although this seems like a massive increase, one must mention that the i5-13400 should end up significantly faster than the Alder Lake version. This is mainly due to increase in core count from 6 to 10, or more precisely the enablement of 4 Efficient cores on the die itself.

Some early leaks have shown that i5-13400 could end up 28% faster than 12400 in multi-core test. At the same time, only 7% increase can be observed in synthetic benchmarks for single-threaded workloads."

You're roughly paying 1% more for each 1% more performance in multithreaded situations, and a negative result in single threaded ones. It brings no better value than a 12400 and, like the 4080 vs 3080, it shows stagnation.