For the majority of people, the 13th Gen Intel i5-13600K is all you'll need. An i5 may be a "mid-range" processor, but in this day and age, I think we need to re-assess what that actually means.

For the Core 3, 5, 7, and 9, you'll also see 1 or 2 only. So, a Core 7 250H is from the second generation (250H starts with 2). For the Core i3, i5, i7, and i9, there are currently 14 generations.

Today James is checking out a prebuilt from Cyberpower. There's a twist however, as James was sent three different processors ...

The 2nd Gen Xeon Gold 6258R has a 2.7GHz base / 4GHz boost clock, while the 3rd Gen Xeon Gold 6348 has a 2.6GHz base clock, a 3.4GHz all-core Turbo, and a 3.5GHz single-core boost clock.

Intel's new Core i5-8250U is a huge improvement over the dual-core CPUs Intel has been selling for the past few years. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window ...

Thus, Intel Core chips come off as a no-brainer in this aspect. In multi-core performance, the higher core count of the i5 chips makes the Ryzen 5 chips look like last-gen processors.