AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Intel Core i5-13400F

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8883 points

5% slightly better overall score

8423 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9577 points

10881 points

13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8669 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

7653 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8618 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

7469 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8096 points

10% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

7348 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

298.75 points

51% significantly higher Blender score

197.47 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10663 points

10863 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2128 points

2293 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

20% slightly 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

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB

200% significantly more L2 cache

2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

220% significantly more L3 cache

20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

118th of 1,105

136th of 1,105

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 9 5900 vs Core i5-13400F comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900 performs better than the Core i5-13400F. Despite this, the Core i5-13400F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900 has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-13400F has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13400F. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13400F. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 5900 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13400F. The Ryzen 9 5900 also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.