Intel Core i5 13600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
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We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 13600 with 14-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.
Review
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
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop CPU.
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13600
- Has 8 more physical cores
- Around 38.4 GB/s (75%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- 25% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4 GHz)
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- 27% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2453 vs 1935 points
- Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
- More than 10° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
- Has 72 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Newer - released 2 years and 5 months later
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#114th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1090 MB/sec | 1070 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 114.2 Klines/sec | 54.3 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 346.4 pages/sec | 201.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 415.8 Mpixels/sec | 238.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 264.4 pages/sec | 182.7 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 61.6 images/sec | 45.6 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 125.2 images/sec | 75.9 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 26.6 Mpixels/sec | 13.9 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 110.9 GOps/sec | 60 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 81.7 GOps/sec | 34.5 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 107M Primes/sec | 170M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 41.2M Strings/sec | 23.7M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 21.8 GBytes/sec | 14 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 377 MBytes/sec | 230.1 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1743 Frames/sec | 2280 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 22.6B Matrices/sec | 15.9B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 18.2 PPW | 5.7 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 210.6 PPW | 85.2 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 481.8 PPW | 193.8 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 4.49 PPW | 1.39 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13600 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3DGeneral
| 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 | i5-13600 | 5500X3D |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 770 | No |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 5 7600 | - |
| Successor | - Intel Core i5 14600 | - |
Intel CPU rating (#74th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#135th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.7 GHz | 3.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5 GHz | 4 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | - |
| E-Threads | 8 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.0 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.7 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 14 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 20 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 27x | 30x |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1280K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 24MB (shared) | 96MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 10 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 65 W | 105 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 154 W | 142 W |
| Socket | LGA-1700 | AM4 |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 90°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (75th and 128th 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
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR5-5600 - DDR4-3200 |
- DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 192 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 89.6 GB/s | 51.2 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core i5 13600 official page | AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 20 |
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