Intel Core i5-13500 vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 16 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

9936 points
11380 points
14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12084 points
14% slightly better gaming score
10581 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9267 points
11723 points
26% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9125 points
11982 points
31% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9089 points
15023 points
65% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

255.79 points
538.07 points
110% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16
14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
32
60% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
Identical
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.4 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
16 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
64 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

93rd of 1,089
61st 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
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i5-13500 vs Ryzen 9 9955HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13500 performs better than the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9955HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 9955HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-13500 has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13500. Both the Core i5-13500 and Ryzen 9 9955HX have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-13500. The Ryzen 9 9955HX 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 i5-13500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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