Intel Core i7-13700: What Real Users Say About Thermals

Calling an i7 13700 slow is pretty funny imo.

People do seem to often forget that the K is really only useful to people who want to overclock. The results are almost identical in most cases, and they are way easier to cool as well as more power efficient. Unless you want to tinker, just buy the non K. I will never recommend the F model just because should you ever need an igpu for diagnostics, you'll wish you had it.

K CPUs should have better bins so if you matched the frequency of the non-K cpu, you would get better power efficiency.

Base clock speed really doesn't matter much. A lower clock speed can actually be seen as an advantage, since it will use less power while idling. Boost clock is what actually matters. It's true that it might not hold right at the max for prolonged periods of time based on temperature, but it will still hold much higher than the base clock when it's in use.

13th gen is out of this world in terms of performance.

Yes its a great chip for gaming. I have one in my gaming PC and one in my work PC. I upgraded from i9 12900k and its been a good move. The only issue you will have is other people telling you 'should have gone for AMD' lol. Dont listen to them, you chose well.

For $10 more, I'd get the 13700K. There is nothing the 13700 can do that the K can't, and the K is probably better binned, and will have better resale value later. You can set the exact same power limits on the K if cooling is an issue, and it might even run at bit lower voltage and cooler if it's better binned. At that price difference there is no reason not to.

If he's running cinebench all day every day absolutely the temps are an issue. If he's running a quick benchmark but gets reasonable temps in day to day use then it's a none issue.

Most relevant differences are locked system agent voltage and qol intel xtu tweaking. As long as you undervolt and/or power limit you are ok with a good quality air cooler. A contact frame and a good airflow case can also help.

There is almost no difference in performance or power consumption between the K and non-K 13700 so you don't have to do anything. The only real difference is that overclocking is disabled.

The boost is pretty close. I would say set xmp in bios and your good to go. You can increase the long term power limit but if you just game you won't likely need it. The 13700 non K is still a great cpu.

All of the processors you mentioned are good for gaming. However if the only thing you do on your PC is gaming and not much else, they are probably not the best value processor for a gaming build. The Core i7 13th-gen processors have lots of cores (8+8) and are fairly expensive, so they are mostly recommended for all-rounder PC builds that both do gaming + productivity tasks very well.

For most people it's already Overkill for gaming.

13700k is a extremely good processor if you can tame temps and willing too do bit power limiting. I moved over from amd that I have supported for last 8 years but I have say i am really happy too moved over intel platform chip great for gaming x3d would of course be better but awesome have productivity side seems fairly reliable from my testing in last 3 months.

I got the non-K version since it was ~50€ cheaper than the K version. I'm running it on a z790 motherboard which allows me to unlock the power limit. With unlocked power limits it performs almost the same as the K version, but it's equally difficult to cool. If you'll be running on stock power limits however, then the non-K version will be slightly slower but also significantly easier to cool than the K version.

The 13700 non-K has higher max power draw thus also runs hotter than its K variant. Despite its lower TDP. At Idle = 30C and Gaming = 50-60C, so it's fine for everyday use.

It's still a good CPU performance-wise, but it is subject to CPU degradation issue if you don't update your motherboard BIOS. It also eats noticeably more power and generates more heat than the AMD equivalent, so you need to buy a good PSU as well as strong cooler. AIO is often recommended for i7 and i9.

There is a pretty negligible difference in performance between stock base and K series CPUs across generations. The base clock speed is pretty much irrelevant due to the fact that anytime you've got any sort of workload running on the CPU (productivity, gaming, etc) the CPU will run at its advertised boost clocks instead.

Brother, you got the top of the line CPU and still crying. Why????

Make sure you have adequate cooling to allow the chip to boost for longer.

Make sure you update the bios to the latest and run the default Intel power.

I have 13700 and it got hot as hell with stock intel cooler but installed a Huge Dual Fan Dual tower heatsink that takes up a lot of space in the ATX Case with RGB so looks cool and now temps are low. Also if your 13700 gets hot it will reduce FPS or GHZ to protect itself so a powerful cooling solution isnt optional otherwise you will have reduced performance.

If your like me and Bought the 13700KF when it released in 2022 and are still using it now, dont stress about needing to upgrade anytime soon. I originally bought this cpu to future proof and with how things are going now my cpu probably won't be a bottleneck for anything for another good 3 years, still top of the line CPU, TO THIS DAY!

Make sure you turn off Turbo Boost in your BIOS, otherwise you'll get near 100° temps all the time. No need to buy expensive fans. Turbo Boost off, my max temp is 62° even under heavy load.

The difference between 13700K and 13700 is rather modest - smaller all-core and single-core boost and worse binning which results in increased voltage to reach the same clocks. It also doesn't allow you to change the clock multiplier and AVX offset.

Like 200mhz difference, take non k as they are easily cooled, difference between 5.2 to theoretically 5.5-5.6ghz OC you wont gain even 10%, more likely 5-8% fps gain.

non K is 65W TDP and K one is 125W TDP and hence the big difference in the base clocks. If you push PL1 in BIOS to higher values, you can increase the base frequency and hence the performance.

As owner of a 13700 i can verify you can pretty much reach same stock performance of 13700k by setting the same power limits as the 13700k on the mb and then maximize the duration of how long the turbo clocks are maintained. 13700 out of box is power limited but appropriate motherboard settings and proper cooling can have the 13700 operate at the same turbo frequencies as the 13700k even though it has locked multiplier.

No significant difference imo between k and non k. As in you wont feel it.

As long as you have a decent cooler you have nothing to worry about. The K part is becoming irrelevant.

I can confirm these results. I got a score of 28.3k on my i7 13700, but was pegged to 99c-100c with the AK620.

If you bought it used then it might be already damaged. Being on AM5 and having the option to upgrade to X3D would be better, but 13700k is still plenty fast.

If you don't tune it manually it will degrade sooner or later. I've tested the latest microcode and the CPU still pulls 1.5V in idle. Everything seemed fine during gaming, but when I came back to HWINFO the Max core voltage was 1.5V at nearly idle state.

Rock solid processor for gaming. I'm still running it on my 1.5 yr old gaming pc.

Motherboard updates took care of a lot of the instability issues seen in the 13x00s.

I sold my b760 gaming x to go on an asus z790 purely for undervolting reasons. The extra 20° you get are a dealbreaker for me, and gained a bit extra performance too (about 3-4%).

Using 13700h and it's fast however very limited when it comes to thermals.

12700 is 8+4 cores and 13700 is 8+8 cores. Obviously the 13700 is the more powerful option.

The base speed is practically never used unless you are just browsing...

Each are nearly identical in performance at stock levels--with the K variant performing slightly better. In real world use, the 13700, despite 65W listed, will still have to boost to high temperature nearing the 13700K stock levels under a very heavy load nearing 85C.