AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core i5-13500

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 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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Price

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$ 287.24
$ 269.97
$ 17.27 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11194 points
12% slightly better overall score
9936 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9928 points
12084 points
21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11640 points
25% slightly better multitasking score
9267 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11833 points
29% slightly better heavy workload score
9125 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11823 points
30% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
9089 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

406.94 points
59% significantly higher Blender score
255.79 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12256 points
0.26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
12224 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2148 points
2368 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12029 points
12160 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points
2419 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
14% slightly more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
60% significantly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
36% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

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

66th of 1,089
93rd 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 5950X vs Core i5-13500 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5950X is faster than the Core i5-13500. Despite this, the Core i5-13500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5950X has slightly more cores than the Core i5-13500. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5950X has 16 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i5-13500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500. Also, the Ryzen 9 5950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 5950X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13500. The Ryzen 9 5950X 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 5950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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