Intel Core i5-13400 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900

Core i5-13400 vs Ryzen 9 7900 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7900 performs better than the Core i5-13400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13400 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7900 has slightly more cores than the Core i5-13400. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900 has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-13400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13400. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 7900 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13400. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 7900 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13400. The Ryzen 9 7900 also has significantly 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.