Intel Core i5-13450HX 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

8283 points
8451 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10710 points
12073 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7509 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
7298 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7317 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
7044 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

192.97 points
221.97 points
15% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
66% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.8 GHz
58% 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

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9.5 MiB
58% significantly more L2 cache
6 MiB

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

135th 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 i5-13450HX vs Ryzen 5 9600 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 9600 performs better than the Core i5-13450HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13450HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13450HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 9600. Indeed, the Core i5-13450HX has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 9600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 9600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13450HX. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-13450HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 9600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13450HX.

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 i5-13450HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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