AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core i5-13600K

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Core i5-13600K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X is faster than the Core i5-13600K. Despite this, the Core i5-13600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more cores than the Core i5-13600K. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has 24 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i5-13600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13600K. Despite this, the Core i5-13600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-13600K outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 3960X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13600K. The Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 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 Threadripper 3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.