Core i5-13400F vs Ryzen 7 5700X

Gaming speed, cores and clocks

The Core i5-13400F and the Ryzen 7 5700X are within a few percent of each other for gaming. In a game, you will not see the difference.

The Core i5-13400F has 10 cores and 16 threads, and the Ryzen 7 5700X has 8 cores and 16 threads. The extra cores of the Core i5-13400F help with video editing, streaming while you play and heavy multitasking more than with the game itself. Boost clocks are 4.6 GHz and 4.6 GHz.

Platform, power and price

The Core i5-13400F uses the LGA1700 socket and the Ryzen 7 5700X uses AM4, so they need different motherboards, and often different memory. When you compare prices, count the board as well as the chip.

Rated power is 65 W for the first and 65 W for the second. That is close enough that cooling needs will be similar.

At launch the Core i5-13400F cost $196 and the Ryzen 7 5700X $299, which gives 31.6 and 20.7 points of gaming performance per $100. Today's prices will differ.

Which graphics cards each one can feed, and which to buy

At 1080p the Core i5-13400F can feed a card up to the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti before it holds the card back by more than 10 percent. The Ryzen 7 5700X reaches the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti. Both chips are in the same range for graphics card pairing.

Choose the Core i5-13400F if you want the faster gaming chip and the same or more cores. Choose the Ryzen 7 5700X if you would rather spend the difference on a graphics card, which does more for frame rates in most games.