Intel Core i5-13400 vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 200 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8578 points

8731 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11210 points

10% slightly better gaming score

10154 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7751 points

8262 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7556 points

8111 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

196.62 points

88% significantly higher Blender score

104.21 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.80 GHz

52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

5.1 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9.5 MiB

18% slightly more L2 cache

8 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

131st of 1,120

125th of 1,120

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Core i5-13400 vs Ryzen 7 260 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 260 is faster than the Core i5-13400. Despite this, the Core i5-13400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13400 has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 260 has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 260 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13400. Also, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13400 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 260. The Core i5-13400 also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-13400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.