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AMD Ryzen 7 5800 vs Intel Core i9-13900K — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Intel Core i9-13900K is ahead of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 36% to 184%, including 184% in Cinebench R23 multi (39,689 vs 13,973).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 and the Intel Core i9-13900K. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Specs side-by-side

SpecAMD Ryzen 7 5800Intel Core i9-13900K
threads —32
p cores —8
e cores —16
boost clock ghz —5.8
tdp w —125
l3 cache mb —36
socket —LGA1700

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Beebom, Notebookcheck, Electronic Clinic, TechPowerUp, Tom's Hardware, PassMark, numberworld.org and HWBOT; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkAMD Ryzen 7 5800Intel Core i9-13900K
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: Beebom, Notebookcheck, Electronic Clinic, TechPowerUp, Tom's Hardware		 13,973 points39,689 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: Beebom, Notebookcheck, Electronic Clinic, TechPowerUp, Tom's Hardware		 1,566 points2,243 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 25,691 pts58,192 pts
PassMark CPU Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —4,595 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 3,381 pts4,598 pts
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 3,377 points4,597 points
Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy (lower is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 —590 rank
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better)
Source: numberworld.org		 —16 seconds
Y-cruncher Pi-1B (lower is better)
Source: HWBOT		 —16 seconds

Quick answers

Which is faster, the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 or the Intel Core i9-13900K?

The Intel Core i9-13900K is ahead of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 36% to 184%, including 184% in Cinebench R23 multi (39,689 vs 13,973).

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