Intel Core i5 13600KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 H 255

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i5 13600KF, vs AMD Ryzen 7 H 255. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i5 13600KF and AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
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 13600KF
1818
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 13600KF
23710
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13600KF
118
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
100
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13600KF
1268
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
923
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13600KF
4121
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 13600KF
37556
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
Integer Math122.4 GOps/s97.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math90.6 GOps/s59.7 GOps/s
Prime Number Search152 M primes/s88 M primes/s
Random String Sort50.9 M strings/s42.5 M strings/s
Data Encryption27 GB/s20.6 GB/s
Data Compression476.9 MB/s349.6 MB/s
Physics2225 frames/s1391 frames/s
Extended Instructions289 M matrices/s259 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 13600KF
2713
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 13600KF
16248
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
File Compression1400 MB/s1020 MB/s
Clang Compilation135.3 KLines/s99.8 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser393.9 pages/s255.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering437.4 MP/sec378.2 MP/sec
Text Processing270.9 pages/s259.2 pages/s
Background Blur66.9 frames/s61.1 frames/s
Photo Processing141 frames/s99.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing29.3 MP/sec21.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i5 13600KF
310.46
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
221.64

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 130 PPW 234.6 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 300.4 PPW 532.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 10.1 PPW 17.1 PPW
Blender / W 2.48 PPW 4.1 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced September, 27, 2022 August, 4, 2025
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number i5-13600KF n/a
Integrated GPU No Radeon 780M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Frequency 3.5 GHz 3.8 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.1 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores8n/a
Threads8n/a
Frequency2.6 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.9 GHzn/a
General
Cores count148
Threads count2016
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier35x38x
L1 cache80 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache2000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache24 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 25 billion
Process tech. 10 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 125 W 35-54 W
Max TDP (Boost) 181 W n/a
Socket LGA-1700 FP8
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 192 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth 89.6 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Results

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