Intel Core i5 13500 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

59 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13500
VS
51 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 13500 with 14-cores against the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 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
40.1
(Average)
Value Index
54.5
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5700X and 13500
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13500
  • Has 6 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
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2451 vs 2166 points
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming

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) 457 477
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 5184 3191
Cinebench Scores (#200th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2451
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
12573
File compression 930.8 MB/sec 1060 MB/sec
Clang compilation 128.5 Klines/sec 78.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 277.9 pages/sec 209.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 395.3 Mpixels/sec 307.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 217.9 pages/sec
Background blur 58.6 images/sec 41.4 images/sec
Photo processing 95.8 images/sec 76.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.6 Mpixels/sec 18.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1152 & 637 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3855
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
30777
Integer math 107.7 GOps/sec 92.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 79.7 GOps/sec 51.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 99M Primes/sec 117M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 42M Strings/sec 33.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.9 GBytes/sec 20.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 383.8 MBytes/sec 323.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1593 Frames/sec 1325 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 23.5B Matrices/sec 21.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 3228 & 21736 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
257.87
205.55

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.6 PPW 12.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 193.4 PPW 158.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 473.5 PPW 408.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.97 PPW 3.16 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 13500
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-08 (Ikkyusan)Cinebench 2024112 / 1247
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-08 (Ikkyusan)Geekbench 6 CPU2669 / 15633
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-08 (Ikkyusan)Cinebench 2026457 / 5184
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (Batti)Cinebench 20261525 / 14346
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-20 -> bangGeekbench 6 CPU2275 / 10804
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-12 (kcb2)Cinebench 2026477 / 3191
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-10 (DrDimebadger)Cinebench 202692 / 771
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-09 (Max_Max_In)Geekbench 6 CPU2308 / 11861

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13500 and AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 March 15, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i5-13500 -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7600 - Intel Core i7 12700K
Successor - Intel Core i5 14500 - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#108th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 34x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 154 W 88 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM4
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 90Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#104th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz -
Shading Units 256 -
TMUs 16 -
ROPs 8 -
Execution Units 32 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
0.8 TFLOPS

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 Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 13500 official page AMD Ryzen 7 5700X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 24

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Total votes: 75

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X or Intel Core i5 13500?
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Joe Mama November 17, 2023 at 05:50 AM
The Radeon RX 5700 XT has about a 20% better performance per dollar in my region. But, I suppose that's irrelevant considering I already have an AM4 motherboard.
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Nothing August 5, 2023 at 11:35 PM
13500 is the best in the overall aspect.
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