Intel Core i5-13600KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

Core i5-13600KF vs Ryzen 5 8400F specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13600KF is faster than the Ryzen 5 8400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8400F in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13600KF has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8400F has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8400F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-13600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 8400F outputs less heat than Core i5-13600KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13600KF has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8400F. The Core i5-13600KF 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 i5-13600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.