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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i5-13600KF. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q4/2020
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Released
Q4/2022
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Intel Core i5-13600KF
Intel Core i5-13600KF

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 9 5900X or Intel Core i5-13600KF? Which processor is faster?

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

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X has a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. 12 Cores. Power consumption of 105 W. Released in Q4/2020.

Intel Core i5-13600KF has a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz (5.10 GHz). 14 / 20 Cores. Power consumption of 125 W. Released in Q4/2022.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    20 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 5% better clock speed

    3.70 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz (5.10 GHz)
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    105 W left arrow 125 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 5900X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    76 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    49 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    60 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    39 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    31 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    32 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    124 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    103 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    24 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    14 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    64 place
  • CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)
    18 place
  • CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
    14 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    69 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    11 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 1.17 times more cores

    14 left arrow 12

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-13600KF CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    17 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    40 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    24 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    32 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    22 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    34 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    43 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    79 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    67 place
  • CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)
    6 place
  • CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
    13 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    32 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    28 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
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
    4 left arrow 13
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000 left arrow Intel Core i 13000
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 9 3900X left arrow Intel Core i5-12600KF
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 Yes
  • 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 i5-13600KF and AMD Ryzen 9 5900X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR5-5600
  • 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 9 5900X and Intel Core i5-13600KF to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    105 W left arrow 125 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    142 W left arrow 181 W
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow 100 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 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
    6.00 MB left arrow 20.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    64.00 MB left arrow 24.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Vermeer (Zen 3) left arrow Raptor Lake S
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 1700
  • Release date
    Q4/2020 left arrow Q4/2022

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and Intel Core i5-13600KF.

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
1622
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
2026
Intel Core i5-13600KF
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
21878
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
24525
Intel Core i5-13600KF
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
637
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
775
Intel Core i5-13600KF
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
8468
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
9329
Intel Core i5-13600KF
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
270
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
1914
Intel Core i5-13600KF
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
3684
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
16227
Intel Core i5-13600KF
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
1646
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
38275
Intel Core i5-13600KF
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
14650
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
290
Intel Core i5-13600KF
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
39564
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3652
Intel Core i5-13600KF

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