Intel Core i5-13600K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

Core i5-13600K vs Ryzen 9 9900X3D comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D 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 9900X3D has significantly more cores than the Core i5-13600K. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i5-13600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13600K. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13600K. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 9900X3D 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 9 9900X3D has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13600K. The Ryzen 9 9900X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-13600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.