Intel Core i5-13600KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 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

$ 299.99
$ 190.07
$ 109.92 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12268 points
52% significantly better overall score
8046 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14110 points
29% slightly better gaming score
10893 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11683 points
63% significantly better multitasking score
7125 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11560 points
67% significantly better heavy workload score
6898 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10318 points
56% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
6614 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

305.49 points
53% significantly higher Blender score
199.23 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14473 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
11709 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2622 points
2649 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15467 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
12203 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2754 points
0.11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2751 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
133% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
66% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.49 GHz
3.80 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
Identical
5.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
65 W
92% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

47th of 1,089
147th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 November
2023 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Core i5-13600KF vs Ryzen 5 7600 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13600KF beats the Ryzen 5 7600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7600 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13600KF has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7600. Indeed, the Core i5-13600KF has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13600KF. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13600KF has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13600KF.

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

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