AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i9-13900KF

Ryzen 5 1500X vs Core i9-13900KF benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-13900KF performs better than the Ryzen 5 1500X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 1500X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13900KF has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 1500X has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 1500X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 1500X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-13900KF has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1500X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-13900KF CPU because of its 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 i9-13900KF has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 1500X. The Core i9-13900KF 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 Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.