AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i5-13600K

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core i5-13600K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13600K performs better than the Ryzen 5 3600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3600 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13600K has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3600. Indeed, the Core i5-13600K has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3600. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13600K. Despite this, the Core i5-13600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-13600K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13600K has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 3600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13600K.

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 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.