Intel Core i5-13600K vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

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
$ 155.66 significantly less expensive
$ 455.05

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12139 points
10% slightly better overall score
10982 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14231 points
8% slightly better gaming score
13108 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11472 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
10252 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11341 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
10031 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10325 points
2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
10082 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

308.32 points
325.43 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14998 points
18346 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2681 points
3336 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
4.7 GHz
56% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
5.2 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
120 W
4% slightly 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
96 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

48th of 1,089
70th 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 November

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 9800X3D comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13600K beats the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13600K. Also, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D outputs less heat than Core i5-13600K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13600K. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i5-13600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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