AMD A10-6800K vs Intel Core i5-13400

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD A10-6800K		Intel Core i5-13400
CPU comparison AMD A10-6800K or Intel Core i5-13400 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD A10-6800K has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-6800K was released in Q2/2013. The Intel Core i5-13400 has 10 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-13400 was released in Q1/2023.

AMD A (112)	Family	Intel Core i5 (331)
AMD A10-6000 (4)	CPU group	Intel Core i 13000 (AL) (16)
3	Generation	13
Richland (Piledriver)	Architecture	Alder Lake S Refresh
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	Intel Core i5-12400
--	Successor	Intel Core i5-14400

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD A10-6800K is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 4.10 GHz (4.40 GHz). The Intel Core i5-13400 has 10 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz (4.60 GHz).
AMD A10-6800K	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-13400
4	Cores	10
4	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
4.10 GHz (4.40 GHz)	A-Core	2.50 GHz (4.60 GHz) 6x Raptor Cove
--	B-Core	1.80 GHz (3.30 GHz) 4x Gracemont

NPU AI performance The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.
AMD A10-6800K	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-13400
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--
--	NPU + CPU + iGPU	--

Integrated graphics (iGPU) The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon HD 8670D	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 730
0.84 GHz	GPU frequency	0.30 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.55 GHz
5	GPU Generation	12
32 nm	Technology	14 nm
2	Max. displays	3
6	Compute units	24
384	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
11.2	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon HD 8670D	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 730
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	Decode
Decode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD A10-6800K supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-13400 can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD A10-6800K	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-13400
DDR3-2133	Memory	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
34.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	9.50 MB
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	20.00 MB
--	PCIe version	5.0
--	PCIe lanes	20
--	PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD A10-6800K has a TDP of 100 W, that of the Intel Core i5-13400 is 65 W.
AMD A10-6800K	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-13400
100 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
--	TDP (PL2)	154 W
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD A10-6800K has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i5-13400 cache has a total of 29.50 MB.
AMD A10-6800K	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-13400
32 nm	Technology	10 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
FM2	Socket	LGA 1700
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2013	Release date	Q1/2023
120 $	Release price	221 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD A10-6800K (31%)

Intel Core i5-13400 (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

AMD A10-6800K (15%)

Intel Core i5-13400 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A10-6800K 4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz	541 (33%)
	Intel Core i5-13400 10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	1644 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A10-6800K 4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz	1501 (15%)
	Intel Core i5-13400 10C 16T @ 4.10 GHz	10309 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD A10-6800K AMD Radeon HD 8670D @ 0.84 GHz	648 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-13400 Intel UHD Graphics 730 @ 1.55 GHz	595 (92%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD A10-6800K 4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz	5014 (19%)
	Intel Core i5-13400 10C 16T @ 4.10 GHz	25910 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD A10-6800K 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	813 (13%)
	Intel Core i5-13400 10C 16T @ 2.50 GHz	6282 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A10-6800K 4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz	74 (29%)
	Intel Core i5-13400 10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	253 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A10-6800K 4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz	272 (12%)
	Intel Core i5-13400 10C 16T @ 4.10 GHz	2336 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD A10-6800K 4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-13400 10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	106 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD A10-6800K 4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-13400 10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	821 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A10-6800K 4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-13400 10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	1794 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A10-6800K 4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-13400 10C 16T @ 4.10 GHz	15890 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD A10-6800K 4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-13400 10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	2375 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD A10-6800K 4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-13400 10C 16T @ 4.10 GHz	9712 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A10-6800K 4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-13400 10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	687 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A10-6800K 4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-13400 10C 16T @ 4.10 GHz	6055 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD A10-6800K 4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz	309.5 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-13400 10C 16T @ 4.10 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD A10-6800K 4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-13400 10C 16T @ 4.10 GHz	674 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.


	AMD A10-6800K 4.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-13400 15,890 CB R23 MC @ 94 W	169 (100%)

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AMD A10-6800K	Intel Core i5-13400
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