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Intel Core i9-13900K vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q4/2022
Intel Core i9-13900K
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2017-04-11
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600
AMD Ryzen 5 1600

What's the best choice Intel Core i9-13900K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600? 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 1600 has a base frequency of 3.2 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2017-04-11.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    7 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 19% better clock speed

    3.80 GHz left arrow 3.2 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 1600 Reasons to consider
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    185 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 1600 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    285 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    209 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    363 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    218 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    436 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    276 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    524 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    355 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    90 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    75 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    197 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    166 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    187 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    144 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    304 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i9-13900K Intel Core i9-13900K
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AMD Ryzen 5 1600
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 1000
  • Family
    Intel Core i9 left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    13 left arrow 1
  • Predecessor
    Intel Core i9-12900K left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Successor
    No left arrow -
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen 1000 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 3.2 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 3.6 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
    No turbo left arrow -
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 3.6 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 -
  • 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 1600 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 -
  • 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 3.0 x16
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 3.0
  • System Memory Specification
    - left arrow 2667
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-13900K and AMD Ryzen 5 1600 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 1600, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Raptor Lake S left arrow Summit Ridge (Zen)
  • 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 16 MB
  • Release date
    Q4/2022 left arrow 2017-04-11
  • Socket
    LGA 1700 left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow 14nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Codename
    - left arrow Pinnacle Ridge
  • L1-Cache
    - left arrow 0.5625 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    - left arrow YD1600BBAEBOX
  • Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
    - left arrow YD1600BBAEMPK
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    - left arrow YD1600BBM6IAE
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
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

More results: 7

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

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 6.22.2 / 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 1600.

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
900.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
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
6230.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
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
357.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
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
2501.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
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
894.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
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
4970.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 1600

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