AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Intel Core i5-13500T

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 14 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
8912 points
0.33% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9577 points
10575 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8669 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
8418 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8618 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
8343 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

298.75 points
75% significantly higher Blender score
170.27 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10663 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8930 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2128 points
2280 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
20% slightly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
87% significantly higher clock speed
1.6 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
11.5 MiB
91% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

122nd of 1,118
119th of 1,118

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
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 5900 vs Core i5-13500T specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13500T is faster than the Ryzen 9 5900. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13500T has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 5900. Indeed, the Core i5-13500T has 14 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 5900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900 has more threads than the Core i5-13500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500T. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13500T has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13500T.

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 9 5900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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