AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i7-13700K

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core i7-13700K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600X beats the Core i7-13700K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13700K 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 5600X. Indeed, the Core i7-13700K has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600X 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 5600X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-13700K 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 i7-13700K has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700K.

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