Intel Core i5-13400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Core i5-13400F vs Ryzen 5 8500G benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13400F beats the Ryzen 5 8500G in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8500G in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13400F has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8500G has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8500G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13400F. Also, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 8500G has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13400F. Despite this, the Core i5-13400F has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 8500G.

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 i5-13400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.