AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i5-13400

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 219.80
$ 103.94 significantly less expensive
$ 323.74

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7869 points
8550 points
8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9478 points
11151 points
17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7328 points
7733 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7169 points
7540 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7634 points
3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7345 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

213.11 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
196.62 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15711 points
15953 points
1% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10211 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
10023 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2193 points
2279 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
9.5 MiB
137% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
60% significantly more L3 cache
20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

151st of 1,089
123rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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 5800X vs Core i5-13400 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13400 performs better than the Ryzen 7 5800X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13400 has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 5800X that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13400. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13400 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 5800X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13400.

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 7 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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