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91%
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GPU
86%
PROCESSOR

Intel Core i5-13600K

37,685 Benchmark Score
Top 9% Market Ranking
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Intel Arc A380

8,558 Benchmark Score
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1080p Medium settings, suitable for eSports and older titles

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The Intel Core i5-13600K paired with the Intel Arc A380 is an unusual desktop combination: a 14-core Raptor Lake processor sitting in the 86th percentile of all CPUs, matched with an entry-level Alchemist graphics card in the 44th percentile of all GPUs. The combined system lands at the 65th percentile, which reflects a CPU-forward build where compute capacity dramatically outruns graphics capability. No measured FPS rows exist for this exact pairing in the database — dataIsMeasured is false — so all frame-rate discussion below is framed as estimates derived from the benchmark scores rather than on-machine measurements. The i5-13600K carries a launch MSRP of $319; the Arc A380 carries a launch MSRP of 149 USD.

CPU Analysis

The Core i5-13600K is a 14-core, 20-thread Raptor Lake-S processor built on Intel's 10 nm process at a 257 mm² die size. It runs a 3.50 GHz base clock and boosts to 5.10 GHz, with an unlocked multiplier for overclocking and a 125 W TDP rating. The cache hierarchy is generous for the class: 80 KB of L1 per core, 2 MB of L2 per core, and 24 MB of shared L3 — the last figure matters most for gaming and latency-sensitive workloads, since it buffers the working sets of modern engines and compilers.

The benchmark data shows a processor with excellent thread scaling. In 3DMark CPU profile tests, the score climbs from 1085 in the single-thread test to 2168 at two threads, 4283 at four, 7074 at eight, 9368 at sixteen, and 10157 at maximum threads. Two things stand out. First, the jump from single to four threads nearly quadruples throughput, indicating strong per-core efficiency for lightly threaded applications. Second, the step from sixteen threads to maximum threads adds only about 8%, which reflects the hybrid architecture saturating beyond that point — software that scales past sixteen threads sees diminishing returns here.

Cinebench results corroborate that picture: 287.5 points single-core and 3642 multi-core in R15, 1887/13373 in R20, and 2000.5/24221 in R23. The R23 single-core score above 2000 places the chip among strong mainstream performers for per-core responsiveness, while the 24221 multi-core figure is sufficient for sustained rendering and compilation work. Geekbench echoes this with 2297 single-core and 15575 multi-core. PassMark contributes a 37680 multithread score, a 4124 single-thread score, and a 2258 physics score, plus strong subsystem numbers: 122481 integer math, 90538 floating point, 476394 data compression, 27075 encryption, 51073 string sorting, 28805 extended instructions, and 155 on the prime-finding test.

Relative to its nearest rivals, the i5-13600K sits essentially dead-center in its cohort: it trails the AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 435 by 0.2%, the AMD Ryzen AI Embedded P132 by 0.3%, and the Intel Core 5 211E by 0.4%, while leading the Intel Core Ultra 5 235H by 0.4%. Those deltas are within measurement noise, meaning the processor competes head-to-head with far newer silicon on aggregate performance — notable given its 2022 release date.

Benchmark Performance

The CPU's aggregate benchmark score is 37685, placing it in the 86th percentile of all CPUs in the database. The GPU's aggregate score is 8558, placing it in the 44th percentile of all GPUs. The combined build percentile of 65 sits almost exactly between those two figures — the mathematical consequence of pairing a high-percentile CPU with a below-median GPU.

That gap is the defining characteristic of this system. On any workload that leans on the processor — compiling code, encoding video, simulating physics, compressing archives — the machine behaves like an 86th-percentile desktop. On any workload that leans on the GPU — modern 3D rendering at high settings — it behaves like a 44th-percentile system. The GPU benchmark spread makes the ceiling explicit: a Steel Nomad DirectX 12 score of 808, a PassMark G3D score of 6252, Geekbench OpenCL at 38224, Geekbench Vulkan at 36736, GPU compute at 2762, G2D at 610, and DirectX sub-scores ranging from 35 (DirectX 12) to 73 (DirectX 9).

The combined picture is that of a productivity machine with a display adapter, not a gaming rig. Anyone evaluating this pairing should treat the CPU numbers as the system's real performance envelope and the GPU numbers as the constraint on anything rasterization-heavy.

GPU Analysis

The Arc A380 is an Xe-HPG Alchemist part fabricated on TSMC's 6 nm process, carrying 7,200 million transistors on a 157 mm² die at a density of 45.9 million transistors per square millimeter. It has 1024 shading units, 64 texture mapping units, and 32 render output units, plus 8 RT cores for hardware ray tracing. There are no discrete tensor cores listed in the specification, which limits its suitability for AI-accelerated workloads relative to competitors that include them.

Clocking is modest: a 2000 MHz base and 2050 MHz boost, with 1937 MHz memory (15.5 Gbps effective). The 6 GB of GDDR6 sits on a 96-bit bus, delivering 186.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Peak rates work out to 65.60 GPixel/s pixel fill and 131.2 GTexel/s texture fill, with FP32 compute at 4.198 TFLOPS and FP16 at 8.397 TFLOPS in a 2:1 configuration.

For rendering, the interpretation is straightforward. The 6 GB frame buffer and 186 GB/s of bandwidth are the binding constraints at 1080p ultra settings in modern titles, and the 4.198 TFLOPS FP32 figure places the chip firmly in entry-level territory. The 8 RT cores provide hardware ray tracing capability, but the Steel Nomad score of 808 and DirectX 12 sub-score of 35 indicate that ray-traced workloads will demand aggressive setting reductions. The compute picture is slightly better than the gaming picture: OpenCL at 38224 and Vulkan at 36736 suggest usable OpenCL/Vulkan compute for media encoding and light GPU-assisted tasks, though the 2762 GPU compute score keeps expectations modest. API support is current — DirectX 12 Ultimate, Vulkan 1.4, OpenGL 4.6 — so driver-side compatibility with modern renderers is not a concern. Against its nearest rivals, the A380 is within 0.4% of the AMD FirePro W5170M, 1.1% ahead of the AMD Radeon HD 8870M, 1.2% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce MX330, and 1.4% ahead of the AMD Radeon 880M — a cohort of entry-level and mobile-class parts, which frames the card's true competitive bracket.

The card is a 75 W dual-slot design with a single 8-pin connector, measuring 222 mm long, 114 mm tall, and 42 mm wide, and it presents one HDMI 2.1 and three DisplayPort 2.0 outputs. It is end-of-life, succeeded by Battlemage, connected over PCIe 4.0 x8.

Balance and Bottleneck

This is a GPU-bottlenecked build, and the percentiles quantify it unambiguously. The CPU sits at the 86th percentile; the GPU at the 44th. In any graphically intensive game, the Arc A380 will be saturated long before the i5-13600K breaks a sweat — the processor's maximum-threads score of 10157 and physics score of 2258 are largely idle capacity in gaming scenarios, since even the single-thread score of 1085 exceeds what the A380's 4.198 TFLOPS can keep fed.

Because no measured FPS data exists for this combination, scaling must be reasoned from the scores rather than observed directly. The GPU's aggregate score of 8558 against the CPU's 37685 — a ratio of well over four to one — means frame rates will scale almost entirely with graphics settings and resolution, not CPU limits. Lowering resolution from 1440p to 1080p, or dropping from ultra to medium presets, will move frame rates meaningfully because the bottleneck is entirely on the render side. Conversely, upgrading the GPU later would immediately convert this into a balanced build: the 86th-percentile CPU has substantial headroom to drive a far stronger graphics card at 1080p and 1440p, and even high-refresh configurations would find the 5.10 GHz boost and 24 MB of L3 sufficient in most engines.

For compute workloads the bottleneck inverts. The OpenCL score of 38224 and GPU compute score of 2762 mean any GPU-offloaded workload that exceeds those limits falls back to the CPU, which is precisely where this system performs well.

Upgrade Path and Platform

The platform is modern and flexible. The processor uses Intel Socket 1700, supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory across a dual-channel bus, and offers ECC memory support — a genuinely useful feature for a small-business workstation where data integrity matters. CPU PCIe connectivity is Gen 5 with 16 lanes from the CPU, although the Arc A380 itself connects over PCIe 4.0 x8, meaning the card does not consume the platform's full bandwidth allocation and a future GPU upgrade would still have Gen 5 headroom available.

Power headroom is ample for the current configuration. The CPU is rated at a 125 W TDP and the GPU at 75 W, with a suggested PSU of 250 W for the graphics card alone. That suggestion, combined with the processor's rating, indicates a mid-range PSU comfortably covers this build today and leaves room for a substantially more powerful GPU later without a PSU change — the sensible next upgrade is exactly that: replacing the A380 with a higher-percentile card. Because the CPU occupies the 86th percentile and the combined percentile is dragged to 65 solely by the 44th-percentile GPU, a graphics upgrade is the single change that would reclassify the entire system. The 14 cores, 20 threads, and unlocked multiplier also leave overclocking as an option for extracting more CPU performance if a workload ever demands it, though that headroom is largely theoretical in this pairing. Note that the A380 is end-of-life, so replacement availability is a consideration for anyone planning long-term maintenance of the current configuration.

Who Should Build It

The measured profile points to specific audiences. Software developers are the clearest fit: the Geekbench multi-core score of 15575, PassMark multithread score of 37680, and strong single-thread results (2297 Geekbench, 4124 PassMark) make compilation, containerized workloads, and IDE responsiveness excellent, and none of that depends on the GPU. Content creators focused on CPU-side video work, compression, and encoding benefit similarly — the 476394 data compression and 27075 encryption scores are directly relevant to media pipelines. Students and small-business workstations fit well: the ECC support adds reliability for professional use, and the UHD Graphics 770 iGPU provides a fallback display output should the A380 ever fail.

Gamers are a partial fit only. Casual and esports-oriented players at reduced settings can extract playable experiences given the card's DirectX 9 sub-score of 73 — older API titles fare relatively better — but enthusiasts targeting 1080p ultra in modern AAA titles should recognize the 44th-percentile GPU as the ceiling. 3D rendering professionals should look elsewhere; the FP32 figure of 4.198 TFLOPS, the 6 GB frame buffer, and the Steel Nomad score of 808 disqualify this pairing for production rendering.

FAQ

Q: How does the Core i5-13600K compare to its nearest rivals? A: By aggregate score it is effectively tied with its cohort: 0.2% behind the AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 435, 0.3% behind the AMD Ryzen AI Embedded P132, 0.4% behind the Intel Core 5 211E, and 0.4% ahead of the Intel Core Ultra 5 235H — all within noise.

Q: Can the Arc A380 handle ray tracing? A: It has 8 RT cores and DirectX 12 Ultimate support, so hardware ray tracing is present, but the Steel Nomad score of 808 indicates ray-traced effects will require heavy setting reductions.

Q: Is there measured FPS data for this exact pairing? A: No. The database contains no measured FPS rows for the i5-13600K plus Arc A380, so all frame-rate discussion is estimated from benchmark scores.

Q: What memory does the platform support? A: The CPU supports both DDR4 and DDR5 on a dual-channel bus, with ECC memory support included.

Q: What PSU is appropriate? A: The GPU's suggested PSU is 250 W; the CPU is rated at 125 W TDP and the GPU at 75 W, so a modest PSU covers the build with room to spare.

Q: Is the Arc A380 still in production? A: No — its production status is end-of-life, with Battlemage listed as its successor.

Q: Can the CPU be overclocked? A: Yes, the multiplier is unlocked, and the platform provides PCIe Gen 5 with 16 CPU lanes.

Build Overview

This is a desktop build pairing a 14-core, 20-thread Intel Raptor Lake processor in the 86th percentile of all CPUs with an entry-level 6 GB Alchemist graphics card in the 44th percentile of all GPUs. The combined percentile of 65 correctly signals a system that is above-average overall but structurally imbalanced — compute-rich and graphics-poor. Both components are Intel silicon released in 2022, connected over the platform's PCIe 4.0 x8 interface for the graphics card. In tier terms, it is a strong mainstream compute platform wearing an entry-level display adapter: capable of professional CPU workloads today, and one GPU swap away from a genuinely high-tier all-rounder.

Usage Scenarios

High-refresh gaming: This is not the build for it. The GPU's 44th percentile standing and 4.198 TFLOPS FP32 ceiling mean even 1080p high-refresh play in demanding titles requires substantial setting reductions. The 86th-percentile CPU is fully capable of feeding high frame rates; the GPU simply cannot produce them.

Streaming: CPU-side encoding is viable — the 15575 Geekbench multi-core and 10157 maximum-thread 3DMark scores leave spare capacity for stream encoding alongside gameplay. The constraint remains game rendering itself; streaming does not change the GPU ceiling, but the processor handles the broadcast workload without contention.

Video editing: CPU-heavy editing timelines are well served by 24221 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 24 MB of shared L3. The GPU's OpenCL score of 38224 provides some acceleration for timeline effects, but the 6 GB frame buffer limits GPU-accelerated playback at high resolutions.

3D rendering: Weak. The Steel Nomad score of 808, the 2762 GPU compute score, and the 186 GB/s memory bandwidth place GPU rendering firmly out of scope; rendering work would fall to the CPU, whose R23 multi-core result is respectable but not the reason anyone buys this pairing.

Software development: Excellent. Single-thread scores of 2297 (Geekbench) and 4124 (PassMark) deliver snappy editor and debugger response, while the 37680 PassMark multithread figure and 20 threads handle parallel compilation, test suites, and virtualization with ease.

Student and office work: Ideal. Everyday productivity is trivial for an 86th-percentile CPU, the UHD Graphics 770 integrated graphics provides redundancy, ECC support suits small-business reliability requirements, and the 75 W GPU keeps power draw and acoustics low.

Gaming Performance

No measured FPS figures exist for this exact CPU+GPU combination in the database — the data is explicitly flagged as not measured — so the following is estimated from the benchmark scores rather than observed gameplay. The Arc A380's aggregate score of 8558, its 44th-percentile standing, its 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 96-bit bus at 186 GB/s, and its 4.198 TFLOPS of FP32 shading output collectively define the expectations.

At 1080p with ultra presets in modern AAA titles, frame rates should be modest — the DirectX 12 sub-score of 35 and the Steel Nomad result of 808 point clearly at the entry tier, and playable experiences will require reduced settings rather than ultra presets. Older and lighter titles should fare meaningfully better: the DirectX 9 sub-score of 73, double the DirectX 11 and 12 sub-scores, indicates that legacy-API and esports-style games scale comparatively well on this hardware, making reduced-setting competitive play the most realistic gaming use case.

Resolution scaling is the lever that matters. Because the CPU sits at the 86th percentile with a maximum-threads score of 10157, there is effectively no processor-side limit at any resolution this GPU can drive; every frame gained or lost comes from the graphics card. Dropping to lower presets or reducing resolution should produce near-linear frame-rate improvements until the GPU's fill rates — 65.60 GPixel/s pixel and 131.2 GTexel/s texture — become the final constraint. Ray tracing, with its 8 RT cores, is technically available but practically a setting to leave disabled. In summary: estimated gaming performance is entry-level, the CPU is never the limiting factor, and any future gaming ambition for this build resolves through a GPU upgrade rather than settings tuning.