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Intel Core i5-13600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q4/2022
Intel Core i5-13600K
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
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What's the best choice Intel Core i5-13600K or AMD Ryzen 5 5500U? Which processor is faster?

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

Intel Core i5-13600K has a base frequency of 3.40 GHz. 14 / 20 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 125 W. Released in Q4/2022.

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U has a base frequency of 2.1 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 15 W. Released in 2021-01-12.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 62% better clock speed

    3.40 GHz left arrow 2.1 GHz
  • More number of cores

    8 more cores

    14 left arrow 6
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 28% higher specified turbo frequency

    5.1 GHz left arrow 4 GHz

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    8 place
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Reasons to consider
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    165 left arrow place
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    15 W left arrow 125 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 5500U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    188 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    186 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    175 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    213 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    302 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    321 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    156 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    275 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i5-13600K Intel Core i5-13600K
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
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 5000U
  • Family
    13th Generation Intel Core i5 Processors left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    13 left arrow 4
  • Predecessor
    Intel Core i5-12600K left arrow -
  • Processor Number
    i5-13600K left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop left arrow Mobile
  • Successor
    No left arrow -
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Laptops / Desktops
  • 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
    6x Raptor Cove / 3.40 GHz (5.30 GHz) left arrow -
  • B-Core
    8x Gracemont / 2.80 GHz (4.00 GHz) left arrow -
  • Base Frequency
    3.4 GHz left arrow 2.1 GHz
  • Core architecture
    hybrid left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    14 left arrow 6
  • CPU Threads
    20 left arrow 12
  • E-core Base Clock
    2.6 GHz left arrow -
  • E-core Max Turbo
    3.9 GHz left arrow -
  • Efficient Cores
    8 left arrow -
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    5.1 GHz left arrow 4 GHz
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • P-core Base Clock
    3.5 GHz left arrow -
  • P-core Max Turbo
    5.1 GHz left arrow -
  • Performance Cores
    6 left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    - left arrow 4 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    - left arrow 3.4 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 12
  • Execution units
    32 left arrow 7
  • Generation
    12 left arrow 9
  • GPU Frequency
    400 MHz left arrow 1800 MHz
  • GPU name
    Intel UHD Graphics 770 left arrow AMD Radeon Graphics
  • GPU Turbo
    1500 MHz left arrow No turbo
  • Graphics Base Frequency
    300 MHz left arrow -
  • Graphics Output
    eDP 1.4b, DP 1.4a, HDMI 2.1 left arrow -
  • Max. displays
    4 left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    16 GB left arrow 2 GB
  • Release date
    Q4/2022 left arrow Q1/2020
  • Shader
    256 left arrow 448
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Graphics Cores
    - left arrow 7
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 Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and Intel Core i5-13600K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    192 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • Memory Bandwidth
    89.8 GB/s left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    Up to DDR5 5600 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s left arrow DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266
  • PCIe
    5.0 x 20 left arrow PCIe 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow 12
  • PCIe version
    5.0 and 4.0 left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-13600K and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 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 105 °C
  • Maximum Turbo Power
    181 W left arrow -
  • Processor Base Power (PBP)
    125 W left arrow -
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    125 W left arrow 15 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    171 W left arrow -
  • TDP down
    No left arrow 10 W
  • TDP up
    No left arrow 25 W
  • Configurable TDP
    - left arrow 10-25 W
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 15 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-13600K and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Raptor Lake S left arrow Lucienne (Zen 2)
  • Cache (manufacturer label)
    24 MB Intel Smart Cache left arrow -
  • Codename
    Products formerly Raptor Lake left arrow Lucienne
  • 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
    20 MB (Total cache capacity) left arrow 3 MB
  • L3-Cache
    24 MB left arrow 8 MB
  • Marketing Status (manufacturer label)
    Launched left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q4/2022 left arrow 2021-01-12
  • Socket
    FCLGA1700 left arrow FP6
  • Technology
    Intel 7 (Manufacturer process designation) left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Use Conditions
    PC/Client/Tablet, Workstation left arrow -
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    - left arrow 100-000000375
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 1

Blender Cycles

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

Test and settingsIntel Core i5-13600K AMD Ryzen 5 5500UResult difference¹
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows 312.8135 samples/min Submissions: 5 80.808026 samples/min Submissions: 8 -74.2 %

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 i5-13600K

More results: 1

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

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 6.25.0 / 1M / 20 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i5-13600K 7629.627369 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.25.0 / 1M / 20 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / Z690 UD DDR4
Duration: 131.068 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

RandomX / XMRig 6.22.0 / 1M / 5 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 2648.56461 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.22.0 / 1M / 5 threads / windows
System RAM: 24 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: LENOVO / LNVNB161216
Duration: 377.563 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 i5-13600K and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U.

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.

2108.000000
Intel Core i5-13600K
1180.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

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