AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i5-13400F

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
$ 142.82
$ 76.98 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7869 points
8423 points
7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9478 points
10881 points
14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7328 points
7653 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7169 points
7469 points
4% 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
7348 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

213.11 points
7% slightly higher Blender score
197.47 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15711 points
15911 points
1% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10211 points
10863 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2193 points
2293 points
4% 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
100% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

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
129th 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 i5-13400F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13400F beats the Ryzen 7 5800X in overall performance. 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 i5-13400F 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 i5-13400F. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-13400F. The Ryzen 7 5800X also has significantly 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 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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