Intel Core i5-13600K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Core i5-13600K vs Ryzen 9 7900X specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7900X performs better than the Core i5-13600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13600K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7900X has significantly more cores than the Core i5-13600K. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i5-13600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13600K. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-13600K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 7900X CPU because of its slightly 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 7900X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-13600K. The Ryzen 9 7900X 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.