AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core i5-13500

Ryzen 9 7900X vs Core i5-13500 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7900X is faster than the Core i5-13500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13500 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7900X. Indeed, the Core i5-13500 has 14 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X has more threads than the Core i5-13500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13500. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-13500. The Ryzen 9 7900X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.