AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i7-13700K

Ryzen 5 3600X vs Core i7-13700K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13700K beats the Ryzen 5 3600X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3600X 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 3600X. Indeed, the Core i7-13700K has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700K. Despite this, the Core i7-13700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-13700K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13700K has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700K.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.