Review Intel Core i3-13100F Review: Higher Pricing, Smaller Gains

Admin · Apr 28, 2023

We put Intel's quad-core Core i3-13100F and 13100 processor through our extensive battery of tests to see how it fares against's AMD's Ryzen 5 competitors.

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InvalidError · Apr 28, 2023

Sweet! More price-performance stagnation!

Making the new stuff only marginally more desirable than previous-gen stuff so more people and companies decide to hang on to whatever they already have for a while longer is a great way to reduce e-waste production.

TerryLaze · Apr 28, 2023

Mmmm, ahhh, yes! Very interesting numbers...

Also replacement low/mid end CPUs are supposed to be released this year so if you are on a tight budget then might as well wait a bit and see if those are more worth it.

Intel's Meteor Lake CPUs for Desktops Incoming, but There's a Catch

Mainstream parts at up to 65W

www.tomshardware.com

Amdlova · Apr 28, 2023

That's a good cpu, Multi task is a meh ...

Eximo · Apr 28, 2023

As near as I can tell another big win for Intel is the idle power consumption. Which is useful for me as an HTPC CPU.

Some people have pointed out the cause may be that the I/O die being on a larger node and having to power the communication between dies is more costly for Ryzen, but it is hard to tell when looking in from the outside.

shady28 · Apr 28, 2023

Eh, these aren't really price comparable chips. The 13100F is $99 on Amazon right now, while the 5600X is $152 and the 5600 is $140.

The 13400F is $185.

Before someone tells me about Newegg prices on Intel (higher than Amazon)- the 5600X is $189 there, which makes it uncompetitive vs 13400F at Newegg. Amazon though, it's decently priced at $152.

So basically the 5600X fits in an in-between slot in pricing. On either side of the 5600X/5600 +/- $40 sits a chip which is either notably slower (13100F), or notably faster (13400F).

I think this all comes down to budget questions.

bolweval · Apr 29, 2023

InvalidError said:
Sweet! More price-performance stagnation!

Making the new stuff only marginally more desirable than previous-gen stuff so more people and companies decide to hang on to whatever they already have for a while longer is a great way to reduce e-waste production.

Glass half full!

baboma · Apr 30, 2023

>The $150 Core i3-13100 is simply overpriced for a quad-core in 2023.

It's amazing how an article can be obsoleted in the space of two days. On 4/29, price on i3-13100 has dropped to $110 on Amazon,

https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B0BQ6CTTMK

i5-13400 has dropped to $200,

https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B0BQ68QB6R

i5-13500 has stayed roughly the same (since March) at $248,

https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B0BQ6CFDCX

i5-13600K has also stuck with its initial launch price at $319 (probably because it's the most popular and thus in-demand),

https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B0BCDR9M33

i7-13700 has also dropped in recent days (4/17) to $350

https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B0BQ6BNY56

i7-13700K dropped (4/29) to $400,

https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B0BCF57FL5

On the high end, i9-13900 has a small drop (4/27) from $$590 to $566,