AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i7 13700K

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i7 13700K with 16 cores 3.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 30MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 125W)

Intel Core i7 13700K 's Advantages

Released 3 years late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5600 vs DDR4-3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

1166

Intel Core i7 13700K +81%

2116

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

6717

Intel Core i7 13700K +358%

30770

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

1650

Intel Core i7 13700K +78%

2943

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

6523

Intel Core i7 13700K +209%

20188

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

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Intel Core i7 13700K

General Parameters

Sep 2019

Release Date

Sep 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Matisse

Core Architecture

Raptor Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-13700K

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))

Generation

-

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

65 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

253 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

TSMC

Foundry

-

74 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

124 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

µOPGA-1331

Package

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

8

-

Performance Core Threads

16

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.3 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

8

-

Efficiency Core Threads

8

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

6

Total Core Count

16

6

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

34x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200

-

Max Memory Size

192 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1600 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

16

-

Raster Operation Units

8

-

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

15 W

1.18 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 13700K

4

PCIe Version

5.0

24

PCIe Lanes

20

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