Intel Core i5-13600K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D

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

12139 points
4% slightly better overall score
11621 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14231 points
38% slightly better gaming score
10251 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11472 points
12118 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11341 points
12323 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10325 points
12988 points
25% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

308.32 points
463.95 points
50% significantly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

24268 points
32782 points
35% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14998 points
16655 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2681 points
2764 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
32
166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed
2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
5.4 GHz
5% 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
1024 KiB
60% significantly more L1 cache

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
192 MiB
700% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

48th of 1,089
56th 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 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Core i5-13600K vs Ryzen 9 7945HX3D comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13600K is faster than the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-13600K has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-13600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13600K. The Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 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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