AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Core i5-13500T

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 6 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8803 points

8912 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12403 points

17% slightly better gaming score

10575 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7661 points

8418 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7404 points

8343 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.29 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

170.27 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14957 points

67% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

8930 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3338 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2280 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

143% significantly higher clock speed

1.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz

17% slightly higher turbo speed

4.6 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB

11.5 MiB

91% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

124th of 1,118

119th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series

13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 5 9600X vs Core i5-13500T benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13500T performs better than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13500T has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 9600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500T. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13500T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13500T.

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 9600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.