AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i5-13600HX

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

9859 points
1% slightly better overall score
9716 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9924 points
11822 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9836 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
9088 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9828 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
8975 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.97 points
187% significantly higher Blender score
109.13 points

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

3.7 GHz
42% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
Identical
4.8 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

94th of 1,089
96th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 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 9 5900X vs Core i5-13600HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900X performs better than the Core i5-13600HX. Despite this, the Core i5-13600HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13600HX has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Indeed, the Core i5-13600HX has 14 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 5900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900X has more threads than the Core i5-13600HX. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 5900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13600HX. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13600HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13600HX.

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

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