Intel Core i5 13500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i5 13500, vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i5 13500 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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)
Intel Core i5 13500
1876
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
1298
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 13500
21007
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
9501
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13500
n/a
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
72
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13500
1145
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
476
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13500
3871
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2564
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 13500
31510
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17713
Integer Math108.5 GOps/s48.7 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math80.4 GOps/s28.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Search102 M primes/s108 M primes/s
Random String Sort43.1 M strings/s23.7 M strings/s
Data Encryption22.5 GB/s14 GB/s
Data Compression395.1 MB/s219.8 MB/s
Physics1662 frames/s1155 frames/s
Extended Instructions242 M matrices/s144 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13500
2451
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
1662
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 13500
12573
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
7249
File Compression930.8 MB/s660.6 MB/s
Clang Compilation128.5 KLines/s59 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser277.9 pages/s146 pages/s
PDF Rendering395.3 MP/sec207.8 MP/sec
Text Processing268.6 pages/s143.3 pages/s
Background Blur58.6 frames/s37 frames/s
Photo Processing95.8 frames/s54.2 frames/s
Ray Tracing18.6 MP/sec12.9 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i5 13500
257.87
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
135.61

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 193.4 PPW 111.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 484.8 PPW 272.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 17.6 PPW 7.3 PPW
Blender / W 3.97 PPW 2.09 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced January, 3, 2023 July, 7, 2019
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 2 (Matisse)
Model number i5-13500 n/a
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Frequency 2.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.8 GHz 4.2 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores8n/a
Threads8n/a
Frequency1.8 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.5 GHzn/a
General
Cores count146
Threads count2012
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier25x36x
L1 cache80 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1280 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache24 MB total32 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 3.8 billion
Process tech. 10 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 154 W n/a
Socket LGA-1700 AM4
Critical temp. 100 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200
Max Size 192 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth 76.8 GB 47.68 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 16

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core i5 13500 the clear winner in this comparison.

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