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Intel Core i5 13500 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

59 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13500
VS
64 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Intel Core i5 13500
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 13500 with 14-cores against the 4.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D with 8-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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
40.1
(Average)
Value Index
43.6
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7800X3D and 13500
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13500
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 770 integrated graphics: 0.8 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • More than 11Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
  • Has 72 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 13500
vs
Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 457 575
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 5184 4363
Cinebench Scores (#124th place)
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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)
Core i5 13500
12573
Ryzen 7 7800X3D +22%
15319
File compression 930.8 MB/sec 1710 MB/sec
Clang compilation 128.5 Klines/sec 111.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 277.9 pages/sec 331.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 395.3 Mpixels/sec 399 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 268.6 pages/sec 266.2 pages/sec
Background blur 58.6 images/sec 65.8 images/sec
Photo processing 95.8 images/sec 117 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.6 Mpixels/sec 22.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1152 & 774 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13500
30777
Ryzen 7 7800X3D +11%
34276
Integer math 107.7 GOps/sec 103.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 79.7 GOps/sec 60.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 99M Primes/sec 319M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 42M Strings/sec 46M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.9 GBytes/sec 22.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 383.8 MBytes/sec 384.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1593 Frames/sec 3510 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 23.5B Matrices/sec 29.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 3228 & 26928 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 13500
257.87
Ryzen 7 7800X3D +3%
266.61

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.6 PPW 9.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 193.4 PPW 127.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 473.5 PPW 285.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.97 PPW 2.22 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
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AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (Indyee)Cinebench 2026571 / 4254
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-07 (mNine)Cinebench 20241768 / 17329
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Ker_Sandwichman)Cinebench 2024112 / 1073
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-24 (Corey)Cinebench 2026564 / 4313
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-18 (CN Merritt)Cinebench 2024109 / 1084
Add View all (57)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13500 and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 January 4, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number i5-13500 -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7600 - Intel Core i7 13700K
Successor - Intel Core i5 14500 - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#47th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 4.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 5 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 42x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 96MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 11.2 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 120 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 154 W 162 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM5
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 89Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#68th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 256 128
TMUs 16 8
ROPs 8 4
Execution Units 32 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 13500 +33%
0.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) compared to UHD Graphics 770

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 13500 official page AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7800X3D:
    - ECC requires mobo support.

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Comments

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