Intel Core i5-13400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

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

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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Price

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$ 323.74

$ 195.30

$ 128.44 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8550 points

8673 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11151 points

12393 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7733 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

7498 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7540 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

7245 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7345 points

7587 points

3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

196.62 points

233.29 points

18% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10023 points

14957 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2279 points

3338 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.9 GHz

56% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

5.4 GHz

17% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

32 MiB

60% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

123rd of 1,089

118th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February

2024 August

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 9600X benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13400 beats the Ryzen 5 9600X in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13400 has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 9600X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13400. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13400 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13400.

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.