Synthetic System Benchmarks
We are going to start with synthetic system application benchmarks on this page. Gaming performance will be shown later on. Note that the graphs are arranged from fastest to slowest and contain all the CPUs on each graph for a large comparison. The Ryzen 9 7900X is highlighted in orange.
PCMark 10
Standard PCMark Benchmark
Starting in PCMark 10, which looks at overall application performance utilizing various different types of workloads, the new Intel Core i5-13600K is just slightly under the Ryzen 5 7600X, about 1% slower, which is very close. If we compare the 13600K versus the previous 12600K, the new 13600K improves upon performance by 4%, so not a huge difference, but it is a slight improvement. We also see it performing 13% faster than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, which is an 8-core/16-thread CPU, so that is an improvement over that mid-range CPU. We do not have a result on the Ryzen 7 7700X, we encountered a system issue that kept us from receiving a result, so that is not included for this specific test.
PCMark Application Benchmark
In this graph, we are looking at PCMark 10’s Applications Benchmark. This test is very specific, it tests the performance of Microsoft Office, using Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and even Edge. We are using Microsoft Office 2021 for these tests. In this benchmark, the Intel Core i5-13600K is practically at the same performance as the Ryzen 5 7600X. Compared to the 12600K the 13600K improves upon performance by 9% over the last gen. We also see the 13600K perform 21% faster than the 8-core/16-thread Ryzen 7 5800X3D.
3DMark CPU Profile
In 3DMark’s CPU Profile test, we are running the “Max Threads” test and looking at overall performance. This is where the thread benefit of the new Intel Core i5-13600K shows itself, at 20 threads versus 12 threads on the Ryzen 5 7600X, the new 13600K is a whopping 42% faster than the 7600X. In fact, it’s even 12% faster than the 8-core/16-thread Ryzen 7 7700X!
In 3DMark’s CPU Profile “1-Thread” test the Intel Core i5-13600K is about on par if just a tad under, (but practically the same) the performance of the Ryzen 5 7600X. Now here, for single-thread, the 7700X is faster than the 13600K.
Geekbench 5
In Geekbench 5 Multi-Core testing we can also see the advantage of the 20 threads on the Intel Core i5-13600K with it being 49% faster than the Ryzen 5 7600X, which is quite huge. Also, it’s faster than the 16-thread Ryzen 7 7700X by 20%. Compared to the last generation 12600K the new 13600K improves performance by 29% which is a pretty big increase.
In Single-Core testing of Geekbench 5, the Intel Core i5-13600K is more significantly under the 7600X performance. Here the 7600X is 9% faster in single-core performance over the 13600K. However, compared to the previous gen 12600K the new 13600K is 4% faster in single-core performance. It’s a pretty big difference over 5800X3D at 24% faster.