Intel Core i7-13700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Core i7-13700K vs Ryzen 5 7600X benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7600X beats the Core i7-13700K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13700K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13700K has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Indeed, the Core i7-13700K has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13700K. Despite this, the Core i7-13700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7600X outputs less heat than Core i7-13700K 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 Core i7-13700K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 7600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700K.

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 i7-13700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.