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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-13600K outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 9 7900 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-13600K is 109 days older than the more expensive Ryzen 9 7900.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-13600K
- Up to 18% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7900 - £280.13 vs £339.98
- Up to 18% better value when playing Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands than Ryzen 9 7900 - £1.44 vs £1.75 per FPS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than Intel Core i5-13600K - 65 vs 125 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-13600K - 24 vs 20 threads
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-13600K
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
194
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.44/FPS
100%
Price, £
£280.13
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-13600K Desktop Processor 14 cores (6 P-cores + 8 E-cores) 24M Cache, up to 5.1 GHz
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AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Desktop Processor (12-core/24-thread, 76MB cache, up to 5.4 GHz max boost)
Buy for £339.98 on Amazon
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Updated 12474 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-13600K
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Ryzen 9 7900
Desktop • Jan 14th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-13600K | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 7900 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 27th, 2022 | Release Date | Jan 14th, 2023 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Raptor Lake | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
14 | Cores | 12 |
| 20 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 5.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.4 GHz |
| 125 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 35.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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