Intel Core i5-13400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Core i5-13400 vs Ryzen 5 8500G specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13400 performs better than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8500G in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13400 has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 8500G that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8500G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13400. Also, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13400 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8500G. The Core i5-13400 also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-13400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.