Intel Core i5 13400F vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 13400F with 10-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800X with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
70.9
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5800X and 13400F
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13400F
  • Newer - released 2 years and 3 months later
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (50%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 551 483
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3442 3448
Cinebench Scores (#188th place)

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)
11321
File compression 842.6 MB/sec 851.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 88.9 Klines/sec 97.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 264.3 pages/sec 181 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 348.3 Mpixels/sec 319.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 237.2 pages/sec 236.3 pages/sec
Background blur 54.8 images/sec 50.5 images/sec
Photo processing 88.3 images/sec 66.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.1 Mpixels/sec 25.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 805 & 936 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
27661
Integer math 80 GOps/sec 94.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 60.5 GOps/sec 52.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 81M Primes/sec 122M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.1M Strings/sec 35.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.6 GBytes/sec 21.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 310.5 MBytes/sec 345.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1408 Frames/sec 1354 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.8B Matrices/sec 23.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 5089 & 25373 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
216.41

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.5 PPW 8.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 174.2 PPW 97.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 383 PPW 263.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.09 PPW 2.06 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
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-07 (Andre)Cinebench 2026551 / 3442
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-14 (Kashitsu)Cinebench 2024103 / 874
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-09 (Andy)Geekbench 6 CPU2467 / 11248
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-04 (Shinigami1Ryuk)Cinebench 2024101 / 814
πŸ“˜ 2024-10-02 (SigmaKlein)Cinebench 2024100 / 821
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-18 (dxd_shxdow)Cinebench 2026483 / 3448
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-15 (NyNy)Cinebench 202481 / 747
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-16 (nothampter)Cinebench 202482 / 1064
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-06 (Hexg)Cinebench 202495 / 849
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-27 (ivy:3)Cinebench 202496 / 863

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13400F and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 October 8, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i5-13400F -
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7500F - Intel Core i7 11700K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225F - AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
Intel CPU rating (#123rd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#95th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.7 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 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 38x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 20MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 4.15 billions
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 100Β°C 90Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (92nd and 98th 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 7 5800X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X or Intel Core i5 13400F?
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Shon March 2, 2024 at 02:33 PM
I've chosen Intel. Thank you for providing this straightforward information.
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