AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core i5-13500HX

Ryzen 5 5600 vs Core i5-13500HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13500HX is faster than the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13500HX has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500HX. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13500HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13500HX.

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 Ryzen 5 5600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.