Intel Core i5 13600KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5 13600KF 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.

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
88.5
(Very good)
Value Index
43.6
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7800X3D and 13600KF
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13600KF
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More than 11Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 5 GHz)
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
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

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) - 575
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4363
Cinebench Scores (111th and 124th place)

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)
File compression 1400 MB/sec 1710 MB/sec
Clang compilation 135.3 Klines/sec 111.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 393.9 pages/sec 331.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 437.4 Mpixels/sec 399 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 270.9 pages/sec 266.2 pages/sec
Background blur 66.9 images/sec 65.8 images/sec
Photo processing 141 images/sec 117 images/sec
Ray tracing 29.3 Mpixels/sec 22.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 664 & 774 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 122 GOps/sec 103.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 90.2 GOps/sec 60.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 150M Primes/sec 319M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 50.8M Strings/sec 46M Strings/sec
Data encryption 26.9 GBytes/sec 22.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 473.1 MBytes/sec 384.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 2206 Frames/sec 3510 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.7B Matrices/sec 29.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4496 & 26928 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
310.46

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9.6 PPW 9.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 130 PPW 127.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 298.6 PPW 285.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.48 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 13600KF
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-01 -> PouryaCinebench 2026630 / 3977
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-11 (Gogy)Cinebench 2024117 / 1290
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-13 (JM)Cinebench 2024116 / 1624
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-22 (Leo)Cinebench 2024116 / 1209
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-10 (Polemiccs)Cinebench 2024126 / 1467
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

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13600KF and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released September 27, 2022 January 4, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number i5-13600KF -
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - Intel Core i7 13700K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Intel CPU rating (#58th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#47th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 4.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.6 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.9 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 35x 42x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 96MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 11.2 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 120 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 181 W 162 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM5
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 89Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (59th and 68th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock - 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 2200 MHz
Shading Units - 128
TMUs - 8
ROPs - 4
Execution Units - 2
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 13600KF 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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