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Intel Core i5 13600K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

67 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13600K
VS
92 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Intel Core i5 13600K
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5 13600K with 14-cores against the 4.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 9950X with 16-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
53.8
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 9950X and 13600K
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
  • Has 40 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
  • 26% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3418 vs 2718 points
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 12% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.7 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 13600K
vs
Ryzen 9 9950X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i5 13600K
1289
Ryzen 9 9950X +80%
2320
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 492 724
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 5581 7630
Cinebench Scores (94th and 10th 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)
Core i5 13600K
2718
Ryzen 9 9950X +26%
3418
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13600K
16101
Ryzen 9 9950X +35%
21758
File compression 1300 MB/sec 1710 MB/sec
Clang compilation 134.7 Klines/sec 226 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 374.2 pages/sec 391.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 465.8 Mpixels/sec 586.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 277.2 pages/sec 351.6 pages/sec
Background blur 68.3 images/sec 84.3 images/sec
Photo processing 136 images/sec 144.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 30.1 Mpixels/sec 55.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 448 & 1 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 13600K
4111
Ryzen 9 9950X +15%
4728
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13600K
37461
Ryzen 9 9950X +75%
65714
Integer math 122 GOps/sec 241.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 90.2 GOps/sec 158.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 153M Primes/sec 343M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 50.8M Strings/sec 93.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 26.9 GBytes/sec 44.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 473.1 MBytes/sec 891.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 2245 Frames/sec 3254 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.6B Matrices/sec 71.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 5100 & 6583 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 13600K
310.15
Ryzen 9 9950X +93%
598.37

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.3 PPW 13.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 128.8 PPW 128 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 299.7 PPW 386.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.48 PPW 3.52 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 9 9950X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-05 (greenmonalisa)Cinebench 2024136 / 2307
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (Malanore)Cinebench 2026724 / 7630
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-20 -> TukiGeekbench 6 CPU3607 / 23374
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-07 (jimmygeneris)Cinebench 2024136 / 2114
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-01 (Capt Jack Swallows)Cinebench 2024136 / 2162
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13600K and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released September 27, 2022 June 3, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Model number i5-13600K 9950X
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Radeon Graphics
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - Intel Core i9 14900K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus -
Intel CPU rating (#60th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 16
P-Threads 12 32
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 4.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5.7 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 16
Total Threads 20 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 35x 43x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 170 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 181 W 230 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM5
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (61st and 6th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Radeon Graphics
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 256 -
TMUs 16 -
ROPs 8 -
Execution Units 32 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 13600K
0.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 9950X
n/a
See: Intel UHD Graphics 770 benchmarks

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 13600K official page AMD Ryzen 9 9950X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

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