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Intel Core i9-13900K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q4/2022
Intel Core i9-13900K
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2020-11-05
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

What's the best choice Intel Core i9-13900K or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Core i9-13900K has a base frequency of 3.80 GHz. 24 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 125 W. Released in Q4/2022.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X has a base frequency of 3.7 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2020-11-05.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    7 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 3% better clock speed

    3.80 GHz left arrow 3.7 GHz
  • More number of cores

    18 more cores

    24 left arrow 6

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-13900K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    2 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    11 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    7 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    10 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    9 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    15 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    446 place
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    109 left arrow place
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 125 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    64 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    126 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    48 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    118 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    16 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    141 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    123 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    182 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    39 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    115 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i9-13900K Intel Core i9-13900K
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 13000 left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000
  • Family
    Intel Core i9 left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    13 left arrow 4
  • Predecessor
    Intel Core i9-12900K left arrow AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop
  • Successor
    No left arrow -
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen 5000 Series
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • A-Core
    8x Raptor Cove / 3.80 GHz (5.70 GHz) left arrow -
  • B-Core
    16x Gracemont / 3.00 GHz (4.20 GHz) left arrow -
  • Base Frequency
    3.8 GHz left arrow 3.7 GHz
  • Core architecture
    hybrid left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    24 left arrow 6
  • CPU Threads
    32 left arrow 12
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    No left arrow 4.6 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
    No turbo left arrow -
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 4.6 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    - left arrow 4.2 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow -
  • Execution units
    32 left arrow -
  • Generation
    12 left arrow -
  • GPU Frequency
    400 MHz left arrow -
  • GPU name
    Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 left arrow None
  • GPU Turbo
    1450 MHz left arrow -
  • Max. displays
    4 left arrow -
  • Max. GPU Memory
    16 GB left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q4/2022 left arrow -
  • Shader
    256 left arrow -
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow -
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    Decode left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow No
  • VP8
    Decode left arrow No
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and Intel Core i9-13900K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory Bandwidth
    89.6 GB/s left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR5-5600 left arrow DDR4
  • PCIe
    5.0 x 20 left arrow PCIe 4.0
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 4.0
  • System Memory Specification
    - left arrow 3200
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-13900K and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    100 °C left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    125 W left arrow 65 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    241 W left arrow -
  • TDP down
    No left arrow -
  • TDP up
    No left arrow -
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 65 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-13900K and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Raptor Lake S left arrow Vermeer (Zen 3)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    32 MB left arrow 3 MB
  • L3-Cache
    36 MB left arrow 32 MB
  • Release date
    Q4/2022 left arrow 2020-11-05
  • Socket
    LGA 1700 left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Codename
    - left arrow Vermeer
  • Part Number
    - left arrow 100-000000065

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 14

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settingsIntel Core i9-13900K AMD Ryzen 5 5600XResult difference¹
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows 511.547382 samples/min Submissions: 12 154.817758 samples/min Submissions: 34 -69.7 %
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows 521.395074 samples/min Submissions: 10 155.358716 samples/min Submissions: 20 -70.2 %
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Linux 543.710413 samples/min Submissions: 11 183.365978 samples/min Submissions: 76 -66.3 %
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows 483.50998 samples/min Submissions: 68 144.979041 samples/min Submissions: 165 -70.0 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Linux 523.732424 samples/min Submissions: 6 169.530851 samples/min Submissions: 33 -67.6 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows 464.937348 samples/min Submissions: 67 143.389987 samples/min Submissions: 120 -69.2 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Linux 592.433754 samples/min Submissions: 6 177.703614 samples/min Submissions: 41 -70.0 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows 466.656168 samples/min Submissions: 123 136.96555 samples/min Submissions: 172 -70.6 %
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Linux 536.977328 samples/min Submissions: 9 181.891479 samples/min Submissions: 47 -66.1 %
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows 480.196647 samples/min Submissions: 241 141.787816 samples/min Submissions: 198 -70.5 %
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Linux 569.007612 samples/min Submissions: 12 182.262754 samples/min Submissions: 8 -68.0 %
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows 487.07809 samples/min Submissions: 173 150.117268 samples/min Submissions: 106 -69.2 %
More tests: 2
Test and settingsIntel Core i9-13900K AMD Ryzen 5 5600XResult difference¹
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Linux 596.916385 samples/min Submissions: 18 178.569622 samples/min Submissions: 38 -70.1 %
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows 506.012269 samples/min Submissions: 251 147.415889 samples/min Submissions: 280 -70.9 %

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

Intel Core i9-13900K

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Results with primary test sources

Published measurements are separate from the archived index. Incomplete conditions and unknown run counts do not support ranking positions or calculated performance differences.

Model TestResultReported conditions
Intel Core i9-13900K Cinebench R15 / multi-core 6191 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
Intel Core i9-13900K Cinebench R15 / single-core 327 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
Intel Core i9-13900K Cinebench R20 / multi-core 15181 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
Intel Core i9-13900K Cinebench R20 / single-core 828 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
Intel Core i9-13900K Cinebench R23 / multi-core 40103 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
Intel Core i9-13900K Cinebench R23 / single-core 2267 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 12 threads / linux

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6969.126768 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 12 threads / linux
System RAM: 64 GB
OS: Linux x86_64
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / X570 AORUS ELITE
Duration: 143.49 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 10M / 32 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i9-13900K 9028.644277 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 10M / 32 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASRock / B760M-H2/M.2
Duration: 1107.586 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Core i9-13900K and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

2267.000000
Intel Core i9-13900K
1572.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

38460.000000
Intel Core i9-13900K
11268.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

888.000000
Intel Core i9-13900K
604.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

14820.000000
Intel Core i9-13900K
4562.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

2147.000000
Intel Core i9-13900K
1572.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

23982.000000
Intel Core i9-13900K
8420.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

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