Intel Core i5-13400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 6 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

8423 points

8451 points

0.33% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10881 points

12073 points

10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7653 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

7298 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7469 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

7044 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

197.47 points

221.97 points

12% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10863 points

14339 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2293 points

3205 points

39% slightly 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

3.8 GHz

52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

5.2 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

6 MiB

200% significantly more L2 cache

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

129th of 1,089

128th 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

2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Core i5-13400F vs Ryzen 5 9600 benchmarks

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

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13400F has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 9600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 9600 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13400F. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 9600 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13400F. The Ryzen 5 9600 also has significantly 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 i5-13400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.