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Intel Core i5 13400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

54 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13400F
VS
45 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
Intel Core i5 13400F
AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 13400F with 10-cores against the 3.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
58.9
(Average)
Value Index
42.5
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5500X3D and 13400F
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13400F
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (50%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 24% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2409 vs 1935 points
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature
  • 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
  • Has 76 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 2 years and 6 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 13400F
vs
Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 551 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3442 -
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 842.6 MB/sec 1070 MB/sec
Clang compilation 88.9 Klines/sec 54.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 264.3 pages/sec 201.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 348.3 Mpixels/sec 238.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 237.2 pages/sec 182.7 pages/sec
Background blur 54.8 images/sec 45.6 images/sec
Photo processing 88.3 images/sec 75.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.1 Mpixels/sec 13.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 805 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13400F +22%
24898
Ryzen 5 5500X3D
20346
Integer math 80 GOps/sec 60 GOps/sec
Floating point math 60.5 GOps/sec 34.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 81M Primes/sec 170M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.1M Strings/sec 23.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.6 GBytes/sec 14 GBytes/sec
Data compression 310.5 MBytes/sec 230.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1408 Frames/sec 2280 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.8B Matrices/sec 15.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 5089 & 338 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 13400F +38%
200.86
Ryzen 5 5500X3D
145.75

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.5 PPW 5.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 174.2 PPW 85.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 383 PPW 193.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.09 PPW 1.39 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 13400F
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-07 (Andre)Cinebench 2026551 / 3442
📘 2025-12-14 (Kashitsu)Cinebench 2024103 / 874
📘 2025-08-09 (Andy)Geekbench 6 CPU2467 / 11248
📘 2024-11-04 (Shinigami1Ryuk)Cinebench 2024101 / 814
📘 2024-10-02 (SigmaKlein)Cinebench 2024100 / 821
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13400F and AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 June 5, 2025
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i5-13400F 5500X3D
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7500F -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225F -
Intel CPU rating (#123rd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#135th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 30x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 20MB (shared) 96MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 148 W 142 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM4
Peak Temperature 100°C 90°C
Desktop CPU ranking (92nd and 128th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 13400F official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Total votes: 9

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Comments

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