AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i5-13600KF

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Core i5-13600KF specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13600KF beats the Ryzen 7 3700X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 3700X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13600KF has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 3700X. Indeed, the Core i5-13600KF has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 3700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3700X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-13600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 3700X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-13600KF CPU because of its significantly 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 i5-13600KF has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 3700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3700X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13600KF.

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 7 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.