AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i5-13400F. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q3/2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Released
Q1/2023
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Intel Core i5-13400F
Intel Core i5-13400F

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or Intel Core i5-13400F? Which processor is faster?

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

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 has a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q3/2019.

Intel Core i5-13400F has a maximum frequency of 2.50 GHz (4.60 GHz). 10 / 16 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q1/2023.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    340 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 31% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 2.50 GHz (4.60 GHz)

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    212 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    185 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    183 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    191 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    141 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    195 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    369 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    409 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    39 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    127 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    297 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    128 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 1.67 times more cores

    10 left arrow 6

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-13400F CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    58 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    80 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    163 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    211 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    79 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Intel Core i5-13400F Intel Core i5-13400F
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i5
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 13
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 3000 left arrow Intel Core i 13000
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600 left arrow Intel Core i5-12400
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
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.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-13400F and AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR5-4800
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2 (Dual Channel)
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and Intel Core i5-13400F to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 65 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    -- left arrow 117 W
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow 100 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
  • L2-Cache
    -- left arrow 20.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    32.00 MB left arrow 20.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Matisse (Zen 2) left arrow Alder Lake S Refresh
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 1700
  • Release date
    Q3/2019 left arrow Q1/2023

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and Intel Core i5-13400F.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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
1235
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
1712
Intel Core i5-13400F
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
9113
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
15603
Intel Core i5-13400F
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
1183
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
1644
Intel Core i5-13400F
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
6821
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
10309
Intel Core i5-13400F

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