Ryzen 5 7600X vs 13th Gen Core i5-13600K

Short answer: which is best?

Ryzen 5 7600X is 48.7 % stronger than 13th Gen Core i5-13600K. Ryzen 5 7600X ranks #21 of 69 measured processors at WhatFPS (9,953 CPU score over 3 verified runs). 13th Gen Core i5-13600K ranks #48 of 69 measured processors at WhatFPS (6,694 CPU score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 4 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

MetricRyzen 5 7600X13th Gen Core i5-13600K
CPU score (the processor's own performance)9,9536,694
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)8,15412,713
Integer (MT)6.4 Gop/s4.4 Gop/s
Single-thread (1T)0.71 Gop/s0.41 Gop/s
Draw calls/s (DX11)9,836,5166,035,316
Cores / threads6 / 1214 / 20
L3 cache32 MB24 MB

What the numbers mean

The CPU score is the processor's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the processor in, and leans heavily on the graphics card. A strong processor in a weak PC gets a low GAMING score without being worse. We show both and never mix them.

All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik

All measurements for Ryzen 5 7600X · All measurements for 13th Gen Core i5-13600K