Intel Core i5 13600K vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5 13600K with 14-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5900X with 12-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 electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13600K
- Newer - released 2-years later
- Around 41.92 GB/s (88%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- Has 2 more physical cores
- 23% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 2015 vs 1644 points
- Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
- More than 10° C higher critical temperature
- 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Has 40960 KB larger L3 cache size
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | September 27, 2022 | October 8, 2020 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Raptor Lake | Zen 3 (Vermeer) |
| Model number | i5-13600K | - |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 770 | No |
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 12 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 24 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.1 GHz | 4.8 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | - |
| E-Threads | 8 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.6 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.9 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 14 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 20 | 24 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 35x | 37x |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 24MB (shared) | 64MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | - | 4.15 billions |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 7 nm |
| Socket | LGA-1700 | AM4 |
| TDP | 125 W | 105 W |
| Max. Boost TDP | 181 W | - |
| Peak temperature | 100°C | 90°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 770 | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1500 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 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 89.6 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i5 13600K official page | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 20 |
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