Intel Core i5 13600K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5 13600K with 14-cores against the 4.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 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
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Around 16.2 GB/s (22%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
- Has 40960 KB larger L3 cache size
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
- 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.6 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)
- 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 2294 vs 2015 points
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 | September 29, 2022 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Raptor Lake | Zen 4 (Raphael) |
| Model number | i5-13600K | - |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 770 | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 12 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 24 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz | 4.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.1 GHz | 5.6 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 | 47x |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 24MB (shared) | 64MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | - | 13.1 billions |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| Socket | LGA-1700 | AM5 |
| TDP | 125 W | 170 W |
| Max. Boost TDP | 181 W | 230 W |
| Peak temperature | 100°C | 95°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 770 | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1500 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 256 | 128 |
| TMUs | 16 | 8 |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| Execution Units | 32 | 2 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200 | DDR5-5200 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 89.6 GB/s | 73.4 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i5 13600K official page | AMD Ryzen 9 7900X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 28 |
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