AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs Intel Core i5-13500

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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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Intel Core i5-13500

Price

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$ 212.99

$ 56.98 slightly less expensive

$ 269.97

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7399 points

9936 points

34% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8984 points

12084 points

34% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6877 points

9267 points

34% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6735 points

9125 points

35% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6914 points

9089 points

31% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

207.23 points

255.79 points

23% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9632 points

12224 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2079 points

2368 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9706 points

12160 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2147 points

2419 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.40 GHz

36% slightly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

4.8 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

Identical

4 MiB

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

170th of 1,089

93rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 7 5700X vs Core i5-13500 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13500 performs better than the Ryzen 7 5700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5700X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13500 has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 5700X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5700X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500. Despite this, the Core i5-13500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 7 5700X also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 7 5700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.