Ryzen 7 7700X vs Core i5-13600K

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Aggregated performance score

Core i5-13600K
2022
14 cores / 20 threads
24.27
+5.9%
Ryzen 7 7700X
2022
8 cores / 16 threads
22.92

Core i5-13600K outperforms Ryzen 7 7700X by 6% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary Details

Comparing Core i5-13600K and Ryzen 7 7700X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking177192
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation57.5352.13
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core i5AMD Ryzen 7
Architecture codenameRaptor Lake, Raptor Cove, GracemontRaphael (Zen4)
Release date27 September 2022 (1 year ago)29 August 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$319$399
Current price$403 (1.3x MSRP)$420 (1.1x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

i5-13600K has 10% better value for money than Ryzen 7 7700X.

Detailed Specifications

Core i5-13600K and Ryzen 7 7700X basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads2016
Base clock speed3.5 GHz4.5 GHz
Boost clock speed5.1 GHz5.4 GHz
Bus support4 × 16 GT/sno data
L1 cache768 KB512 KB
L2 cache8 MB8 MB
L3 cache6 MB32 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm5 nm, 6 nm
Die size257 mm271+122 mm
Maximum core temperature100 °C95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °C61 °C
Number of transistorsno data6,570 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-13600K and Ryzen 7 7700X compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCLGA1700AM5
Power consumption (TDP)125 W, 181 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-13600K and Ryzen 7 7700X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX25 nm, 0.650 - 1.475V
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
SIPP+no data
StatusLaunchedno data

Security technologies

Core i5-13600K and Ryzen 7 7700X technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-13600K and Ryzen 7 7700X are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-13600K and Ryzen 7 7700X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5, DDR4DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size192 GB128 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth89.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 770AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Quick Sync Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.5 GHzno data
Execution Units32no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-13600K and Ryzen 7 7700X integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-13600K and Ryzen 7 7700X integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2160 @ 60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP5120 x 3200 @ 120Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-13600K and Ryzen 7 7700X integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-13600K and Ryzen 7 7700X.

PCIe version5.0 and 4.05.0
PCI Express lanes2024

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-13600K 24.27
+5.9%
Ryzen 7 7700X 22.92

Core i5-13600K outperforms Ryzen 7 7700X by 6% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i5-13600K 38123
+5.9%
Ryzen 7 7700X 36007

Core i5-13600K outperforms Ryzen 7 7700X by 6% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i5-13600K 2666
Ryzen 7 7700X 2910
+9.2%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Core i5-13600K by 9% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i5-13600K 14855
Ryzen 7 7700X 15265
+2.8%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Core i5-13600K by 3% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

i5-13600K 10755
+24.6%
Ryzen 7 7700X 8633

Core i5-13600K outperforms Ryzen 7 7700X by 25% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i5-13600K 68880
+22.9%
Ryzen 7 7700X 56024

Core i5-13600K outperforms Ryzen 7 7700X by 23% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i5-13600K 17627
Ryzen 7 7700X 18115
+2.8%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Core i5-13600K by 3% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

i5-13600K 2.52
Ryzen 7 7700X 2.15
+17.2%

Core i5-13600K outperforms Ryzen 7 7700X by 17% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

i5-13600K 42
+17.3%
Ryzen 7 7700X 36

Core i5-13600K outperforms Ryzen 7 7700X by 17% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i5-13600K 3642
+17%
Ryzen 7 7700X 3114

Core i5-13600K outperforms Ryzen 7 7700X by 17% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i5-13600K 288
Ryzen 7 7700X 315
+9.6%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Core i5-13600K by 10% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

i5-13600K 3.47
Ryzen 7 7700X 3.71
+6.9%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Core i5-13600K by 7% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-13600K 19.1
+9.1%
Ryzen 7 7700X 17.5

Core i5-13600K outperforms Ryzen 7 7700X by 9% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-13600K 10967
Ryzen 7 7700X 14879
+35.7%

Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms Core i5-13600K by 36% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-13600K 388
+3.7%
Ryzen 7 7700X 374

Core i5-13600K outperforms Ryzen 7 7700X by 4% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-13600K 199
+9.7%
Ryzen 7 7700X 181

Core i5-13600K outperforms Ryzen 7 7700X by 10% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Pros & Cons Summary


Performance score 24.27 22.92
Integrated graphics card 6.13 4.33
Physical cores 14 8
Threads 20 16
Cost $319 $399
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 105 Watt

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Core i5-13600K and Ryzen 7 7700X.


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