Intel Core i5-13400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 323.74
$ 222.50
$ 101.24 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8550 points
12% slightly better overall score
7604 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11151 points
5% slightly better gaming score
10588 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7733 points
16% slightly better multitasking score
6642 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7540 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score
6422 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7345 points
18% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6178 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

196.62 points
13% slightly higher Blender score
173.75 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10023 points
10810 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2279 points
2486 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
66% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
4.35 GHz
73% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9.5 MiB
58% significantly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

123rd of 1,089
161st of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Core i5-13400 vs Ryzen 5 8600G benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13400 is faster than the Ryzen 5 8600G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8600G in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13400 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8600G. Indeed, the Core i5-13400 has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8600G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8600G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8600G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13400. Also, the Ryzen 5 8600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13400 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8600G. The Core i5-13400 also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-13400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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