AMD Ryzen 7 9700X vs Intel Core i5 13600KF

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X, vs Intel Core i5 13600KF. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Intel Core i5 13600KF
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
2213
Intel Core i5 13600KF
1818
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
20228
Intel Core i5 13600KF
23710
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
138
Intel Core i5 13600KF
118
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
1299
Intel Core i5 13600KF
1268
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
4658
Intel Core i5 13600KF
4121
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
37223
Intel Core i5 13600KF
37556
Integer Math120.4 GOps/s122.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math79.1 GOps/s90.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Search191 M primes/s152 M primes/s
Random String Sort47 M strings/s50.9 M strings/s
Data Encryption21.9 GB/s27 GB/s
Data Compression438 MB/s476.9 MB/s
Physics2244 frames/s2225 frames/s
Extended Instructions353 M matrices/s289 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
3331
Intel Core i5 13600KF
2713
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
17511
Intel Core i5 13600KF
16248
File Compression1650 MB/s1400 MB/s
Clang Compilation140.9 KLines/s135.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser323.7 pages/s393.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering501 MP/sec437.4 MP/sec
Text Processing351.5 pages/s270.9 pages/s
Background Blur88.2 frames/s66.9 frames/s
Photo Processing127.3 frames/s141 frames/s
Ray Tracing30.6 MP/sec29.3 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
300.7
Intel Core i5 13600KF
310.46

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 269.4 PPW 130 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 572.7 PPW 300.4 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 20 PPW 10.1 PPW
Blender / W 4.63 PPW 2.48 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced June, 3, 2024 September, 27, 2022
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Raptor Lake
Model number n/a i5-13600KF
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Frequency 3.8 GHz 3.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.5 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a8
Threadsn/a8
Frequencyn/a2.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.9 GHz
General
Cores count814
Threads count1620
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier38x35x
L1 cache80 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core2000 KB/core
L3 Cache32 MB total24 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Transistor count 8.3 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 125 W
Max TDP (Boost) 142 W 181 W
Socket AM5 LGA-1700
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max Size 192 GB 192 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 89.6 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 20

Results

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