AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Intel Core i5-13600KF

Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Core i5-13600KF comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13600KF performs better than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800X3D in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13600KF has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 5800X3D that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-13600KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Also, the Core i5-13600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-13600KF CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13600KF has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13600KF.

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 5800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.