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Ryzen 7 7700 against Core i5-13600KF

Core i5-13600KF 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 i5-13600KFright

70 vs 74 on the office & everyday blend.

Coding & development

Core i5-13600KFright

65 vs 70 on the coding & development blend.

Light gaming

Core i5-13600KFright

71 vs 73 on the light gaming blend.

Gaming

Core i5-13600KFright

69 vs 72 on the gaming blend.

Heavy gaming

Core i5-13600KFright

69 vs 71 on the heavy gaming blend.

Content creation

Core i5-13600KFright

60 vs 67 on the content creation blend.

3D & rendering

Core i5-13600KFright

55 vs 64 on the 3D & rendering blend.

Gaming & streaming

Core i5-13600KFright

64 vs 69 on the gaming & streaming blend.

AI & local models

Core i5-13600KFright

59 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 7700: 66

    Core i5-13600KF: 70

    4 ptsto the right

  • Gaming

    Ryzen 7 7700: 69

    Core i5-13600KF: 71

    2 ptsto the right

  • Multi-core

    Ryzen 7 7700: 46

    Core i5-13600KF: 58

    12 ptsto the right

  • Single-core

    Ryzen 7 7700: 82

    Core i5-13600KF: 82

    level

Price and value

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

  • Value, points per $100

    Ryzen 7 7700: 20.1

    Core i5-13600KF: 20.4

    1%to the right

  • Typical price

    Ryzen 7 7700: $329

    Core i5-13600KF: $343

    $14to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Cores

    Ryzen 7 7700: 8

    Core i5-13600KF: 14

    75%to the right

  • Threads

    Ryzen 7 7700: 16

    Core i5-13600KF: 20

    25%to the right

  • Boost clock

    Ryzen 7 7700: 5.3 GHz

    Core i5-13600KF: 5.1 GHz

    4%to the left

  • Turbo power

    Ryzen 7 7700: 88 W

    Core i5-13600KF: 181 W

    106%to the left

The verdict

  • The Core i5-13600KF leads in games by 3%.
  • The Core i5-13600KF has 26% more all-core throughput for renders, compiles and exports.
  • Ryzen 7 7700 and Core i5-13600KF are level on single-core.
  • The Ryzen 7 7700 typically costs $14 less.

Specifications

SpecRyzen 7 7700Core i5-13600KF
ArchitectureZen 4Raptor Lake
SocketAM5LGA1700
Cores / threads8 / 1614 / 20 (better)
Base clock3.8 GHz (better)3.5 GHz
Boost clock5.3 GHz (better)5.1 GHz
TDP / turbo power65 / 88 W (better)125 / 181 W
MemoryDDR5DDR4 or DDR5
Built-in graphicsYes (better)No
Cooler in the boxYes (better)No
BrandAMDIntel
Released2023 (better)2022
Typical price$329 (better)$343

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