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Intel Core i5 13600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7500F

67 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13600K
VS
61 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
Intel Core i5 13600K
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5 13600K with 14-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7500F with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
29.7
(Mediocre)
Value Index
92.5
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7500F and 13600K
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13600K
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 13600K
vs
Ryzen 5 7500F

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 492 612
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 5581 3520
Cinebench Scores (94th and 198th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13600K +21%
16101
Ryzen 5 7500F
13306
File compression 1300 MB/sec 1530 MB/sec
Clang compilation 134.7 Klines/sec 95 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.2 pages/sec 300.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 465.8 Mpixels/sec 348.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 277.2 pages/sec 295.5 pages/sec
Background blur 68.3 images/sec 43.4 images/sec
Photo processing 136 images/sec 108.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.1 Mpixels/sec 20.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 448 & 1117 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13600K +41%
37461
Ryzen 5 7500F
26531
Integer math 122 GOps/sec 78.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 90.2 GOps/sec 46.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 153M Primes/sec 195M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 50.8M Strings/sec 36.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 26.9 GBytes/sec 17.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 473.1 MBytes/sec 301.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 2245 Frames/sec 1715 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.6B Matrices/sec 22.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 5100 & 5446 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 13600K +53%
310.15
Ryzen 5 7500F
202.93

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.3 PPW 12.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 128.8 PPW 204.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 299.7 PPW 408.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.48 PPW 3.12 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 13600K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-09 (Shinigami)Cinebench 2026492 / 5581
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-29 (DSMJohn)Cinebench 2024118 / 1289
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-20 (io)Cinebench 2024114 / 1206
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-09 (stuchi)Cinebench 2024124 / 1248
πŸ“˜ 2024-09-23 (Fireman12402)Cinebench 2024112 / 1258
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AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-31 (tachanka)Cinebench 2026578 / 3271
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-09 (Bobalazs)Cinebench 2026612 / 3520
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 (mav)Cinebench 2026577 / 2956
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-23 (Hengx)Cinebench 2024112 / 833
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-10 (PleVor)Cinebench 2024114 / 893
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13600K and AMD Ryzen 5 7500F

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released September 27, 2022 July 23, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number i5-13600K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - Intel Core i5 13400F
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
Intel CPU rating (#60th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#60th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.6 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.9 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 6
Total Threads 20 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 35x 37x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 6.5 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 181 W -
Socket LGA-1700 AM5
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (61st and 76th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz -
Shading Units 256 -
TMUs 16 -
ROPs 8 -
Execution Units 32 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 13600K
0.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7500F
n/a
See: Intel UHD Graphics 770 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 13600K official page AMD Ryzen 5 7500F official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

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