AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i5-13500

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i5-13500 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13500 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13500 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 5800X. Indeed, the Core i5-13500 has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5800X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a significantly 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 5800X also has slightly more L3 cache.

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.