Intel Core i5-13600K vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 299.39
$ 2.17 slightly less expensive
$ 301.56

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12139 points
9% slightly better overall score
11120 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14231 points
3% slightly better gaming score
13778 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11472 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
10239 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11341 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
9995 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10325 points
6% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
9722 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

308.32 points
2% slightly higher Blender score
302.05 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14998 points
16965 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2681 points
3349 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.8 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
5.5 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
65 W
92% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
Identical
640 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
8 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

48th of 1,089
67th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 November
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i5-13600K vs Ryzen 7 9700X benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13600K beats the Ryzen 7 9700X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 9700X in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 7 9700X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13600K. Also, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 9700X outputs less heat than Core i5-13600K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 9700X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13600K. The Ryzen 7 9700X also has slightly 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 i5-13600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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