Intel Core i5-13400 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT

Core i5-13400 vs Ryzen 7 5800XT benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13400 beats the Ryzen 7 5800XT in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800XT in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13400 has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 5800XT that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800XT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13400. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13400 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 5800XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800XT 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.