intel core i9 13900k vs amd ryzen 5 5600x
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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (Desktop) 6-cores against Intel Core i9 13900K (Desktop) 24-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- Consumes up to 74% less energy than the Intel Core i9 13900K – 65 vs 253 Watt
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900K
- Newer released 2 years later
- Has 18 more physical cores
- Around 38.4 GB/s (43%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
- 19% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.7 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
- Newer PCI Express version – 5
- Supports up to 192 GB DDR5 RAM
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | Intel Core i9 13900K | |
| Vendor | AMD | Intel |
| Released | October 8 2020 | September 27 2022 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Vermeer | Raptor Lake, Raptor Cove, Gracemont |
| Socket | AM4 | FCLGA1700 |
| Integrated GPU | - | Intel UHD Graphics 770 |
Performance
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | Intel Core i9 13900K | |
| Cores | 6 | 24 |
| Threads | 12 | 32 |
| Base Frequency | 3.7 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.6 GHz | 5.7 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB | 36 MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Power
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | Intel Core i9 13900K | |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 W | 125-253 W |
| Max. temperature | °C | 100°C |
Memory support
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | Intel Core i9 13900K | |
| Memory types | DDR4-3200 | DDR5, DDR4 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 192 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 51.196 GB/s | 89.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
iGPU
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | Intel Core i9 13900K | |
| Integrated Graphics | - | Intel UHD Graphics 770 |
| GPU Base Clock | MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | MHz | 1.65 MHz |
| Shading Units | 256 | |
| TMUs | 16 | |
| ROPs | 8 | |
| Execution Units | 32 | |
| TGP | W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Misc
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | Intel Core i9 13900K | |
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page | Intel Core i9 13900K official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4 | 5 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 |