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Ryzen 7 5800X3D against Core i5-13600K

Core i5-13600K leads on the overall index. The price beside each button is the Amazon US reading where ScoutPrices has one; the comparison below is worked on typical prices.

Which one for what

Office & everyday

Core i5-13600Kright

57 vs 74 on the office & everyday blend.

Coding & development

Core i5-13600Kright

53 vs 70 on the coding & development blend.

Light gaming

Core i5-13600Kright

63 vs 73 on the light gaming blend.

Gaming

Core i5-13600Kright

63 vs 72 on the gaming blend.

Heavy gaming

Core i5-13600Kright

63 vs 71 on the heavy gaming blend.

Content creation

Core i5-13600Kright

50 vs 67 on the content creation blend.

3D & rendering

Core i5-13600Kright

45 vs 64 on the 3D & rendering blend.

Gaming & streaming

Core i5-13600Kright

56 vs 69 on the gaming & streaming blend.

AI & local models

Core i5-13600Kright

48 vs 66 on the AI & local models blend.

Head to head

Scores

Indices out of 100 on ScoutSpecs' own scale, one per kind of work. They are not frames per second and not a measurement of any one sample.

  • Spec score

    Ryzen 7 5800X3D: 57

    Core i5-13600K: 70

    13 ptsto the right

  • Gaming

    Ryzen 7 5800X3D: 66

    Core i5-13600K: 71

    5 ptsto the right

  • Multi-core

    Ryzen 7 5800X3D: 36

    Core i5-13600K: 58

    22 ptsto the right

  • Single-core

    Ryzen 7 5800X3D: 66

    Core i5-13600K: 82

    16 ptsto the right

Price and value

Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.

  • Value, points per $100

    Ryzen 7 5800X3D: 17.3

    Core i5-13600K: 21.2

    23%to the right

  • Typical price

    Ryzen 7 5800X3D: $329

    Core i5-13600K: $330

    $1to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Cores

    Ryzen 7 5800X3D: 8

    Core i5-13600K: 14

    75%to the right

  • Threads

    Ryzen 7 5800X3D: 16

    Core i5-13600K: 20

    25%to the right

  • Boost clock

    Ryzen 7 5800X3D: 4.5 GHz

    Core i5-13600K: 5.1 GHz

    13%to the right

  • Turbo power

    Ryzen 7 5800X3D: 142 W

    Core i5-13600K: 181 W

    27%to the left

The verdict

  • The Core i5-13600K leads in games by 8%.
  • The Core i5-13600K has 61% more all-core throughput for renders, compiles and exports.
  • The Core i5-13600K is 24% quicker in single-threaded work, which is most of what a desktop does.
  • Per dollar, the Core i5-13600K is the better buy: 21.2 points per $100 against 17.3.

Specifications

SpecRyzen 7 5800X3DCore i5-13600K
ArchitectureZen 3 X3DRaptor Lake
SocketAM4LGA1700
Cores / threads8 / 1614 / 20 (better)
Base clock3.4 GHz3.5 GHz (better)
Boost clock4.5 GHz5.1 GHz (better)
TDP / turbo power105 / 142 W (better)125 / 181 W
MemoryDDR4DDR4 or DDR5
Built-in graphicsNoYes (better)
Cooler in the boxNoNo
BrandAMDIntel
Released20222022
Typical price$329 (better)$330

The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.

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