AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i5-13400F

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 74.99
$ 67.83 significantly less expensive
$ 142.82

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5931 points
8423 points
42% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7969 points
10881 points
36% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5267 points
7653 points
45% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5102 points
7469 points
46% significantly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Ryzen 5 5500 and the Core i5-13400F? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5451 points
7348 points
34% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.88 points
197.47 points
39% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7653 points
10863 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1872 points
2293 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
10
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.6 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
20 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

256th of 1,089
129th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Ryzen 5 5500 vs Core i5-13400F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13400F beats the Ryzen 5 5500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13400F has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5500 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13400F. Despite this, the Core i5-13400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 5500 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13400F. Despite this, the Core i5-13400F has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 5500.

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 5500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons