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Intel Core i5-13400F and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X are long-available processors, both costing around PLN 1,000 and are a common choice for people building devices on the LGA1700 or AM5 platform. They once faced each other in PurePC, but since then the measurement method and the RAM used in the test sets have changed. That’s why I decided to check the condition of these popular devices again. When comparing Intel Core i5-13400F and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, I also updated the charts for Starfield, Microsoft Flight Simulator and Spider Man: Miles Morales, which received updates that more or less affected the results. Which processor is better?
Author: Sebastian Oktaba
The tested processors are the fastest, or at least one of the fastest, in the range up to PLN 1,000, although not necessarily the most profitable. Intel Core i5-13400F offers an alternative in the form of the older, but usually faster Intel Core i5-12600KF (without a factory cooler), while the variant with an integrated graphics chip costs an additional PLN 150. AMD Ryzen 5 7600X can be replaced with a slightly weaker AMD Ryzen 5 7600 or an iGPU-free AMD Ryzen 5 7500F model, but the price differences will be significantly smaller than between Intel Core i5-13400F and Intel Core i5-12400F. The cost of building an AM5 platform will generally be higher because we are forced to use DDR5 memory, while LGA1700 also allows DDR4 depending on the motherboard you choose. However, I would suggest choosing newer standards, then the price of both sets will be similar, ranging from PLN 1,900 to PLN 2,000. It should also be taken into account that the AM5 platform will take significantly longer to develop than the competing LGA1700.
Intel Core i5-13400F and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X are popular processors in the range up to PLN 1,000 that offer quite good performance. But which will be the better choice overall?
Intel Core i5-13400F received 4 performance cores in addition to 6 performance cores, the same as Intel Core i5-12600K. Remember that Hyper-Threading support is only provided by P-Cores, so the total number of running threads is a maximum of 16. The direct competition in the form of AMD Ryzen 5 7600/7600X remains loyal to the 6R/12W system and the situation is unlikely to change soon. The base clock of the Intel Core i5-13400F is 2500 and 1800 MHz for P-Cores and E-Cores, but the cores actually reach 4100 and 3300 MHz under load. The maximum Turbo Boost for a single performance core reaches 4600 MHz, while Efficient is exclusively 3300 MHz. The processor has 20 MB L3 cache, an integrated PCI Express 5.0 controller and a cooling system included. The dual-channel memory controller officially supports DDR5-4800 MHz and DDR4-3200 MHz, but in reality it works with significantly faster sets without any major problems. Intel Core i5-13400F has a blocked multiplier and no integrated graphics system.
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Intel Core i5-13400F Platform AM5 LGA1700 Architecture Zen4 Raptor Lake Lithography 5nm 10nm Clock 4700-5300MHz 2500-4600MHz Configuration 6R/12W 6P + 4E/16W Cache L3 32MB 20MB Multiplier Unlocked Locked Controller DDR4 – 3200MHz DDR5 Controller 5200MHz 4800MHz TDP Rating 105W 65W Integrated AMD Radeon 2CU GPU – Starting Price $299 $196 Release Date September 2022 January 2023
Intel Core i5-14600K Processor Test – Not much more efficient than Intel Core i5-13600K. How does it work with DDR5 8000MHz RAM?
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X uses a single CCD module that has two physical cores compared to the overall system, while SMT technology provides support for 12 threads. The tested model has 32 MB of memory, the capacity of which is directly related to the presence of a CCD module. The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X has very high factory clock speeds, which according to the manufacturer can reach up to 5300 MHz, but in practice they are even higher (I measured ~5500 MHz). The memory controller only supports the newer DDR5 standard, so we have to completely avoid using DDR4. Officially, AMD Ryzen 5 7600X supports modules with a clock speed of 5200 MHz, but synchronous mode (1:1) is said to work up to 6200 MHz and asynchronous mode (1:2) up to 8000-8200 MHz. The processor also features an integrated Radeon graphics chip with RDNA2 architecture, housed in a separate I/O module. The unlocked multiplier favors overclocking, but there is no cooling system included in the factory kit.
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