Intel Core i5-13600KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 13000 AMD Ryzen 6000H
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Ryzen
• Generation
  13 5
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-12600KF AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Form Factor
  - Laptops / Desktops
• Series
  - Ryzen 6000 Series

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 -
• A-Core Frequency
  3.50 GHz (5.10 GHz) -
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont -
• B-Core Frequency
  2.60 GHz (3.90 GHz) -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  14 8
• CPU Threads
  20 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Base Frequency
  - 3.3 GHz
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 4.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 4.2 GHz

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
  None AMD Radeon 680M
• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 12
• Generation
  - 9
• GPU Frequency
  - 2400 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo
• Graphics Cores
  - 12
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 8 GB
• Release date
  - Q1/2022
• Shader
  - 768
• Technology
  - 6 nm

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

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX and Intel Core i5-13600KF. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 64 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  89.6 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• Memory type
  DDR5-5600 DDR5
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 PCIe 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-13600KF and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX 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 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  125 W 45 W
• TDP (PL2)
  181 W -
• TDP up
  - 54 W
• Default TDP
  - 45 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-13600KF and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Raptor Lake S Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
• Chip design
  Monolithic -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  20 MB 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  24 MB 16 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q1/2022
• Release price
  294 $ -
• Socket
  LGA 1700 FP7
• Technology
  10 nm TSMC 6nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Rembrandt
• L1-Cache
  - 0.5 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - FP7:100-000000544 FP7r2: 100-000000560