AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core i5-13400

Specifications of CPUs

CPU Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and Intel Core i5-13400 processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.

Basic

Label Name
AMD
Intel
Launch Date
April 2022
January 2023
Platform
Desktop
Desktop
Model Name
?
The Intel processor number is just one of several factors - along with processor brand, system configurations, and system-level benchmarks - to be considered when choosing the right processor for your computing needs.
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i5-13400
Code Name
Vermeer
Raptor Lake

CPU Specifications

Total Cores
?
Cores is a hardware term that describes the number of independent central processing units in a single computing component (die or chip).
6
10
Total Threads
?
Where applicable, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology is only available on Performance-cores.
12
16
Performance-cores
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6
Efficient-cores
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4
Basic Frequency
3.5GHz
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Max Turbo Frequency
?
Max Turbo Frequency is the maximum single-core frequency at which the processor is capable of operating using Intel® Turbo Boost Technology and, if present, Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 and Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost. Frequency is typically measured in gigahertz (GHz), or billion cycles per second.
Up to 4.4GHz
4.60 GHz
Intel Turbo Boost Technology
?
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology dynamically increases the processor's frequency as needed by taking advantage of thermal and power headroom to give you a burst of speed when you need it, and increased energy efficiency when you don’t.
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2.0
Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
?
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) delivers two processing threads per physical core. Highly threaded applications can get more work done in parallel, completing tasks sooner.
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Yes
Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0
?
Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 identifies the best performing core(s) on a processor and provides increased performance on those cores through increasing frequency as needed by taking advantage of power and thermal headroom.
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No
L1 Cache
384KB
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L2 Cache
3MB
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L3 Cache
32MB
20 MB
CPU Socket
?
The socket is the component that provides the mechanical and electrical connections between the processor and motherboard.
AM4
FCLGA1700
Unlocked for Overclocking
?
AMD`s product warranty does not cover damages caused by overclocking, even when overclocking is enabled via AMD hardware and/or software. GD-26.
Yes
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Cache
?
CPU Cache is an area of fast memory located on the processor. Intel® Smart Cache refers to the architecture that allows all cores to dynamically share access to the last level cache.
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20 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Technology
?
Lithography refers to the semiconductor technology used to manufacture an integrated circuit, and is reported in nanometer (nm), indicative of the size of features built on the semiconductor.
TSMC 7nm FinFET
Intel 7
TDP
65W
65 W
Processor Base Power
?
The time-averaged power dissipation that the processor is validated to not exceed during manufacturing while executing an Intel-specified high complexity workload at Base Frequency and at the junction temperature as specified in the Datasheet for the SKU segment and configuration.
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65 W
Maximum Turbo Power
?
The maximum sustained (>1s) power dissipation of the processor as limited by current and/or temperature controls. Instantaneous power may exceed Maximum Turbo Power for short durations (<=10ms). Note: Maximum Turbo Power is configurable by system vendor and can be system specific.
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148 W
Max. Operating Temperature
?
Junction Temperature is the maximum temperature allowed at the processor die.
90°C
100°C
PCI Express Version
?
PCI Express Revision is the supported version of the PCI Express standard. Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (or PCIe) is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard for attaching hardware devices to a computer. The different PCI Express versions support different data rates.
PCIe 4.0
5.0 and 4.0
Instruction Set
?
The instruction set is a hard program stored inside the CPU that guides and optimizes CPU operations. With these instruction sets, the CPU can run more efficiently. There are many manufacturers that design CPUs, which results in different instruction sets, such as the 8086 instruction set for the Intel camp and the RISC instruction set for the ARM camp. x86, ARM v8, and MIPS are all codes for instruction sets. Instruction sets can be extended; for example, x86 added 64-bit support to create x86-64. Manufacturers developing CPUs that are compatible with a certain instruction set need authorization from the instruction set patent holder. A typical example is Intel authorizing AMD, enabling the latter to develop CPUs compatible with the x86 instruction set.
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64-bit
Intel 64
?
Intel® 64 architecture delivers 64-bit computing on server, workstation, desktop and mobile platforms when combined with supporting software.¹ Intel 64 architecture improves performance by allowing systems to address more than 4 GB of both virtual and physical memory.
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Yes
PCI Express Configurations
?
PCI Express (PCIe) Configurations describe the available PCIe lane configurations that can be used to link to PCIe devices.
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Up to 1x16+4 | 2x8+4
Max Number of PCI Express Lanes
?
A PCI Express (PCIe) lane consists of two differential signaling pairs, one for receiving data, one for transmitting data, and is the basic unit of the PCIe bus. Max # of PCI Express Lanes is the total number of supported lanes.
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20

Memory Specifications

Memory Type
?
Intel® processors come in four different types: Single Channel, Dual Channel, Triple Channel, and Flex Mode. Maximum supported memory speed may be lower when populating multiple DIMMs per channel on products that support multiple memory channels.
DDR4
Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s
Max Memory Size
?
Max memory size refers to the maximum memory capacity supported by the processor.
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192 GB
Memory Channels
?
The number of memory channels refers to the bandwidth operation for real world application.
2
2
Bus Speed
Up to 3200MT/s
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Max Memory Bandwidth
?
Max Memory bandwidth is the maximum rate at which data can be read from or stored into a semiconductor memory by the processor (in GB/s).
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76.8 GB/s

GPU Specifications

Integrated Graphics Model
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An integrated GPU refers to the graphics core that is integrated into the CPU processor. Leveraging the processor's powerful computational capabilities and intelligent power efficiency management, it delivers outstanding graphics performance and a smooth application experience at a lower power consumption.
Discrete Graphics Card Required
Intel® UHD Graphics 730
Graphics Base Frequency
?
Graphics Base frequency refers to the rated/guaranteed graphics render clock frequency in MHz.
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300 MHz
Graphics Frequency
?
Graphics max dynamic frequency refers to the maximum opportunistic graphics render clock frequency (in MHz) that can be supported using Intel® HD Graphics with Dynamic Frequency feature.
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1.55 GHz
DirectX Support
?
DirectX* Support indicates support for a specific version of Microsoft’s collection of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) for handling multimedia compute tasks.
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12
Execution Units
?
The Execution Unit is the foundational building block of Intel’s graphics architecture. Execution Units are compute processors optimized for simultaneous Multi-Threading for high throughput compute power.
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24
Max Resolution (DP)
?
Max Resolution (DP) is the maximum resolution supported by the processor via the DP interface (24bits per pixel & 60Hz). System or device display resolution is dependent on multiple system design factors; actual resolution may be lower on your system.
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7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz
Max Resolution (eDP - Integrated Flat Panel)
?
Max Resolution (Integrated Flat Panel) is the maximum resolution supported by the processor for a device with an integrated flat panel (24bits per pixel & 60Hz). System or device display resolution is dependent on multiple system design factors; actual resolution may be lower on your device.
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5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max Resolution (HDMI)
?
Max Resolution (HDMI) is the maximum resolution supported by the processor via the HDMI interface (24bits per pixel & 60Hz). System or device display resolution is dependent on multiple system design factors; actual resolution may be lower on your system.
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4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Number of Displays Supported
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4
Graphics Output
?
Graphics Output defines the interfaces available to communicate with display devices.
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eDP 1.4b | DP 1.4a | HDMI 2.1

Miscellaneous

Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
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Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) continues from the existing support for IA-32 (VT-x) and Itanium® processor (VT-i) virtualization adding new support for I/O-device virtualization. Intel VT-d can help end users improve security and reliability of the systems and also improve performance of I/O devices in virtualized environments.
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Yes
Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
?
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) allows one hardware platform to function as multiple “virtual” platforms. It offers improved manageability by limiting downtime and maintaining productivity by isolating computing activities into separate partitions.
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Yes
Intel Standard Manageability (ISM)
?
Intel® Standard Manageability is the manageability solution for Intel vPro® Essentials platforms and is a subset of Intel® AMT with out-of-band management over Ethernet and Wi-Fi, but no KVM or new life cycle management features.
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Intel® SSE4.1 | Intel® SSE4.2 | Intel® AVX2
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology
?
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology is an advanced means of enabling high performance while meeting the power-conservation needs of mobile systems. Conventional Intel SpeedStep® Technology switches both voltage and frequency in tandem between high and low levels in response to processor load. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology builds upon that architecture using design strategies such as Separation between Voltage and Frequency Changes, and Clock Partitioning and Recovery.
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Yes
Execute Disable Bit
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Execute Disable Bit is a hardware-based security feature that can reduce exposure to viruses and malicious-code attacks and prevent harmful software from executing and propagating on the server or network.
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Yes
Intel AES New Instructions
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Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) are a set of instructions that enable fast and secure data encryption and decryption. AES-NI are valuable for a wide range of cryptographic applications, for example: applications that perform bulk encryption/decryption, authentication, random number generation, and authenticated encryption.
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Yes
Intel Volume Management Device (VMD)
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Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD) provides a common, robust method of hot plug and LED management for NVMe-based solid state drives.
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Yes
Intel Boot Guard
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Intel® Device Protection Technology with Boot Guard helps protect the system’s pre-OS environment from viruses and malicious software attacks.
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Yes
Intel Clear Video HD Technology
?
Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, like its predecessor, Intel® Clear Video Technology, is a suite of image decode and processing technologies built into the integrated processor graphics that improve video playback, delivering cleaner, sharper images, more natural, accurate, and vivid colors, and a clear and stable video picture. Intel® Clear Video HD Technology adds video quality enhancements for richer color and more realistic skin tones.
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Yes
Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
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Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT), also known as Second Level Address Translation (SLAT), provides acceleration for memory intensive virtualized applications. Extended Page Tables in Intel® Virtualization Technology platforms reduces the memory and power overhead costs and increases battery life through hardware optimization of page table management.
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Yes
Intel Deep Learning Boost (Intel DL Boost)
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Yes
Intel Control-Flow Enforcement Technology
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CET - Intel Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) helps protect against the misuse of legitimate code snippets through return-oriented programming (ROP) control-flow hijacking attacks.
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Yes
Intel Gaussian Neural Accelerator
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Intel® Gaussian & Neural Accelerator (GNA) is an ultra-low power accelerator block designed to run audio and speed-centric AI workloads. Intel® GNA is designed to run audio based neural networks at ultra-low power, while simultaneously relieving the CPU of this workload.
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3.0
Intel OS Guard
?
Intel OS Guard is a security technology designed to protect operating systems from threats. It is a hardware feature built into Intel processors that helps prevent malicious code from executing in privileged modes of the operating system.
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Yes
OpenGL Support
?
OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a cross-language, multi-platform API (Application Programming Interface) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics.
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4.5
OpenCL Support
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OpenCL (Open Computing Language) is a multi-platform API (Application Programming Interface) for heterogeneous parallel programming.
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3.0
Intel Quick Sync Video
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Intel Quick Sync Video is a hardware video acceleration technology built into Intel GPUs from Sandy Bridge processors onwards. It allows you to quickly and efficiently perform video-related tasks such as encoding, decoding and converting.
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Yes
OS Support
Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit *Operating System (OS) support will vary by manufacturer.
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Advantages

AMD Ryzen 5 5600
Ryzen 5 5600
  • Larger L3 Cache: 32MB (32MB vs 20 MB)
Intel Core i5-13400
Core i5-13400
  • More Total Cores: 10 (6 vs 10)
  • Higher Max Turbo Frequency: 4.60 GHz (Up to 4.4GHz vs 4.60 GHz)
  • Newer PCI Express Version: 5.0 and 4.0 (PCIe 4.0 vs 5.0 and 4.0)
  • Higher Memory Type: Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s (DDR4 vs Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2023 (April 2022 vs January 2023)

Geekbench 6

Single Core
Ryzen 5 5600
2092
Core i5-13400
+17% 2444
Multi Core
Ryzen 5 5600
8631
Core i5-13400
+12% 9630

Performance

Ryzen 5 5600
Core i5-13400
327.6
319.2
MB/Sec
File Compression
+3%
912.1
554
+65%
12.2
13.9
Routes/Sec
Navigation
+14%
64.3
70.1
+9%
42.7
49.9
Pages/Sec
HTML5 Browser
+17%
162.3
170.9
+5%
47.2
55.9
MPixels/Sec
PDF Renderer
+18%
259.5
266.9
+3%
25.6
32.4
Images/Sec
Photo Library
+27%
140.5
163.7
+17%
9.92
11.6
KLines/Sec
Clang
+17%
63.3
86.6
+37%
159.1
189.6
Pages/Sec
Text Processing
+19%
211.9
243.6
+15%
65.5
73.8
MB/Sec
Asset Compression
+13%
429.3
581.8
+36%
33.6
69.5
Images/Sec
Object Detection
+107%
120.3
158.9
+32%
11.7
12.8
Images/Sec
Background Blur
+9%
44.7
51.2
+15%
90.3
90.5
MPixels/Sec
Horizon Detection
+0%
353.3
361.2
+2%
182.6
171.3
MPixels/Sec
Object Remover
+7%
844.3
983.9
+17%
71.5
70.3
MPixels/Sec
HDR
+2%
264.9
306.2
+16%
26
28.5
Images/Sec
Photo Filter
+10%
61.7
65.8
+7%
1.82
2.25
KPixels/Sec
Ray Tracer
+24%
14.6
20.5
+40%
72.7
83.2
KPixels/Sec
Structure from Motion
+14%
317.3
348.9
+10%
Single Core
Multi Core

Geekbench 5

Single Core
Ryzen 5 5600
+4% 1575
Core i5-13400
1519
Multi Core
Ryzen 5 5600
7714
Core i5-13400
+13% 8710

Passmark CPU

Single Core
Ryzen 5 5600
3257
Core i5-13400
+13% 3695
Multi Core
Ryzen 5 5600
21570
Core i5-13400
+16% 24920

SiliconCat Rating

165
Ranks 165 among Desktop CPU on our website
463
Ranks 463 among all CPU on our website
130
Ranks 130 among Desktop CPU on our website
368
Ranks 368 among all CPU on our website
Ryzen 5 5600
Core i5-13400

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