Intel Core i5-13600K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 12 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

12139 points
0.31% slightly better overall score
12102 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14231 points
21% slightly better gaming score
11676 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11472 points
12246 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11341 points
12288 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10325 points
11567 points
12% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

308.32 points
342.81 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

24268 points
26876 points
10% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14478 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
13685 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2652 points
2663 points
0.41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14998 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
13839 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2681 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2627 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.00 GHz
0.03% slightly 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
55 W
127% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
764 KiB
19% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
12 MiB
200% 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

48th of 1,089
49th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 November
2023 February

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 9 7845HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13600K performs better than the Ryzen 9 7845HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7845HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 7845HX has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-13600K has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7845HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13600K. Also, the Ryzen 9 7845HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7845HX 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7845HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-13600K. The Ryzen 9 7845HX 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 i5-13600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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