Intel Core i3-13100 vs. AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Though Intel does not to be sampling their price range oriented CPUs, we have purchased the complete bunch for testing and right this moment we have got the brand new Core i3-13100 available, whereas we additionally put together for later testing the Core i5-13400 and 13500 which we plan to evaluation quickly. However for now we needed to take a look at the Core i3 mannequin because the earlier model, the i3-12100 was one in every of our favourite price range CPUs, so we’re eager to see what this up to date Thirteenth-gen model has to supply.

Whereas Intel claims the Core i3-13100 is predicated on the Raptor Lake structure, in actuality it is little greater than a rebadged 12100 with a small bump to the clock speeds. The L2 cache capability, for instance, is simply 1.25 MB per core whereas most Raptor Lake CPUs are supposed to supply 2 MB per core, so calling the 13100 a Raptor Lake processor is a bit disingenuous, and we suppose calling it a Thirteenth-gen half is as nicely.

Briefly, when in comparison with the 12100, the 13100’s base clocks have been boosted by 100 MHz and the Turbo clocks by 200 MHz, aside from that they are equivalent chips. Each pack 5 MB of L2 cache, 12 MB of L3 cache, a max turbo energy of 89 watts, assist for DDR5-4800 or DDR4-3200 reminiscence by default together with 16 lanes of PCI Categorical 5.0 and 4 lanes of PCIe 4.0.

We’re speaking a couple of ~5% enhance in clock speeds and that is it.

The Core i3-13100 presently prices $150, whereas the 12100 might be had for $133, making the newer model 13% dearer.

With all of that in thoughts, you is likely to be questioning why we’re bothering to check the 13100 in any respect and initially we thought we would skip it. However having really useful the Core i3-12100 for the higher a part of 2022 and with a lot motion in pricing for these decrease finish components, we thought it was a section that warranted a revisit, so right here we’re.

Reasonably than going by means of the usual evaluation format nevertheless, we thought a GPU scaling benchmark could be way more attention-grabbing. So for direct comparability we have now the Ryzen 5 5600 and Ryzen 5500, together with the unique Core i3-12100.

When the Core i3-12100 arrived there was primarily no competitors, AMD had the Ryzen 3 3100 at $175 which was a ridiculous value for that half and the Ryzen 5 5600G was even worse at $260. Again then Zen 3 was just like what we discover with Zen 4 right this moment, everybody likes to rave concerning the worth of Zen 3 with components such because the 5800X3D dropping as little as $330 and the 5600 is now out there for $150, however it wasn’t at all times that means.

A 12 months in the past neither CPU existed, and once they arrived round April, the 5600 was priced at $200. On the similar time AMD launched the Ryzen 5 5500 for $160 and since then that half has dropped to $100. The 5600 has additionally dropped to $150, which is identical asking price as the brand new 13100.

So right this moment we have now the Core i3-12100 for $133, the 13100 for $150 and these are competing with the Ryzen 5 5500 at $100 and the 5600 at $150. That is a considerably extra aggressive surroundings than we had this time final 12 months.

Given it is a GPU scaling benchmark, we’re clearly specializing in gaming efficiency, and we have now a dozen titles, all of which have been examined at 1080p utilizing the Radeon RX 6650 XT, 6950 XT and RTX 4090. The rationale for testing at 1080p is straightforward, we need to reduce the GPU bottleneck as we’re CPU efficiency, however by together with a variety of completely different GPUs we nonetheless get to see the consequences GPU bottlenecks have on CPU efficiency.

As for the check techniques, we’re utilizing DDR4 reminiscence solely, because the older however less expensive reminiscence customary is sensible when speaking about sub-$200 processors, although there are definitely eventualities the place you’ll go for DDR5, however for simplicity sake we’re gone for an apples to apples comparability with DDR4.

We have determined to make use of G.Ability Ripjaws V 32GB DDR4-3600 CL16 reminiscence as a result of at $115 it is a good high quality package that provides a pleasant stability of value to efficiency. The AM4 processors are in a position to run this package on the 3600 spec utilizing the usual CL16-19-19-36 timings. The locked Intel processors cannot run above 3466 if you wish to use the Gear 1 mode, and ideally you’d need to use Gear 1 because the reminiscence has to run nicely above 4000 earlier than Gear 2 can match Gear 1.

The rationale for this limitation is because of the System Agent or SA voltage is locked on Non-Ok SKU processors, and this limits the reminiscence controller’s means to assist excessive frequency reminiscence utilizing the Gear 1 mode. That being the case we have examined the 12100 and 13100 utilizing the Ripjaws reminiscence adjusted to 3466, because the optimum configuration for these processors wanting going and manually tuning the sub-timings, which we’re not doing for this evaluation.

Benchmarks

First up we have now Watch Canine: Legion and there is a bit to debate right here. What is going to most likely soar out first is that in a variety of cases the lowly Radeon RX 6650 XT is definitely quicker than the RTX 4090. This was defined some time in the past once we studied Nvidia driver overhead. We cannot go at size to clarify this right here, however briefly Nvidia’s structure is designed in a means that creates extra driver overhead for the CPU, that means that when efficiency is CPU restricted, body charges take a much bigger hit when utilizing a GeForce GPU against a Radeon GPU.

So in some cases a a lot decrease finish product just like the 6650 XT can truly find yourself quicker than the RTX 4090 because the CPU merely cannot sustain. In fact, you’d by no means pair a Core i3-13100 with an RTX 4090, however the identical impact might be noticed with decrease finish GeForce GPUs, however we’re not right here to discover that right this moment.

What we do need to take a look at is Ryzen 5 5600 and Core i3-13100 CPU efficiency, and when utilizing the 6650 XT we see that the 5600 is 6% quicker when evaluating the common body price, however 17% quicker when evaluating 1% lows and that is a surprisingly large margin given the GPU we’re testing with.

Upgrading to the 6950 XT blows the common out to 25% in favor of the Ryzen 5600 and 30% for the 1% lows. We’re additionally related margins utilizing the RTX 4090 regardless of body charges general being decrease, right here the Ryzen 5600 is 26% quicker than the Core i3-13100, or 28% quicker when evaluating the 1% lows.

The Core i3-13100 can also be at most 2% quicker than the i3-12100 on this testing, whereas the Ryzen 5 5500 comfortably beats each Core i3 processors.

Now, Warhammer III scaling may be very completely different to what we noticed in Watch Canine. Utilizing the top quality preset sees the Radeon 6650 XT capped to round 80 fps and all 4 processors had been able to reaching these limits, so a tough GPU bottleneck.

The Radeon 6950 XT largely removes these limits and now the Ryzen 5600 is 9% quicker than the Core i3-13100 when evaluating the common body price and 20% quicker for the 1% lows.

Then armed with the RTX 4090, these margins enhance to 23% for the common body price and a 25% benefit for the Ryzen 5 when evaluating the 1% lows.

Subsequent we have now Hitman 3. First when paired with the 6650 XT all 4 CPUs produce related body charges at round 110 fps. Nonetheless, with the 6950 XT the margins are fairly completely different, the Ryzen 5500 roughly matched the Core i3s, however the Ryzen 5600 was 14% quicker than the i3-13100 and a large 24% quicker when evaluating 1% lows.

Regardless of that, the margins shut up with the RTX 4090 once more, whereas 1% lows tank, presumably because of the extra overhead, however this might additionally simply be a problem with the GeForce drivers. In any case, now the Ryzen 5600 is 12% quicker than the Core i3-13100 when evaluating common body charges and simply 8% quicker when evaluating 1% lows.

A Plague Story: Requiem is each GPU and CPU demanding, although right here we’re utilizing the extremely high quality settings for this single participant story-driven title and consequently the Radeon 6650 XT is barely good for simply over 60 fps. The Ryzen 5 5500 does wrestle on this title and there appears to be a latency penalty to the a lot smaller L3 cache.

Once more, with these decrease finish processors the Radeon 6950 XT is far quicker than the GeForce RTX 4090 at 1080p, and actually the 5600 was 25% quicker utilizing the Radeon GPU, fairly loopy stuff, however not stunning given what we have realized in previous benchmarks. By way of CPU efficiency although, the Ryzen 5 5600 and Core i3-13100 seem evenly matched on this title.

Subsequent up we have now CoD Modern Warfare II multiplayer. When utilizing the Radeon 6650 XT efficiency is comparable throughout all 4 processors, the Ryzen 5600 did nudge forward for the common body price, however it was solely 6% quicker than the Core i3-13100, so not an enormous margin.

The Radeon 6950 XT arms the Ryzen 5600 a 20% win when wanting on the common body price and 22% for the 1% lows when in comparison with the i3-13100.

That is attention-grabbing as a result of when utilizing the RTX 4090, the Ryzen 5600 was 14% quicker than the Core i3-13100 for the common body price, however a large 33% when evaluating 1% lows. So the extra overhead of the GeForce is hurting the Core i3s on this check.

Spider-Man Remastered is CPU and GPU demanding, too, particularly when utilizing ray tracing results like we did for this testing. These outcomes are very CPU sure as we see little distinction in efficiency between the three GPUs.

Fairly unexpectedly, the Core i3 processors carry out greatest with the Radeon GPUs, beating even the Ryzen 5 5600. Utilizing the Radeon 6950 XT noticed the i3-13100 beat the Ryzen 5600 by an 11% margin.

Regardless of that we discover very completely different outcomes with the RTX 4090, right here the GeForce GPU cripples the 1% lows of the Core i3s, handing the Ryzen 5600 a 20% efficiency benefit.

Transferring on to a benchmark traditional, Shadow of the Tomb Raider. One way or the other that is nonetheless one of the crucial CPU demanding single participant video games we have now to check with and it was launched again in 2018. To be clear, the built-in benchmark is not that CPU demanding and is not appropriate for such testing, it is a GPU benchmark, so due to this fact we’re testing within the village part which is way more demanding on the CPU aspect.

Right here the Radeon 6650 XT capped out at round 110 fps utilizing the best high quality preset and all 4 CPUs had been in a position to obtain that efficiency goal. Nonetheless, going past that with the 6950 XT noticed the Core i3s left behind and now the 5600 is as much as 21% quicker than the 13100, so a simple win right here for AMD.

Then with the RTX 4090 which elevated CPU load additional, the Ryzen 5600 is 27% quicker than the 13100, or a large 36% quicker when evaluating 1% lows.

Horizon Zero Daybreak exhibits all 4 CPUs maxing out the Radeon 6650 XT at between 120-130 fps. However once we moved to the Radeon 6950 XT, the 12100, 13100 and 5500 all delivered round 160 fps and the Ryzen 5600 went on to render 189 fps. That made it 12% quicker than the i3-13100 and that margin grew to 22% with the RTX 4090.

Subsequent up we have now Cyberpunk 2077 and this sport may be very GPU sure with the Radeon 6650 XT, even when utilizing the medium high quality settings. As soon as once more because of the overhead subject all 4 CPUs truly delivered increased efficiency with the Radeon 6950 XT against the RTX 4090, the Ryzen 5600 for instance was 12% quicker utilizing the Radeon GPU. It was additionally 15% quicker than the Core i3-13100, so one other snug win right here for the Zen 3 processor.

Assetto Corsa Competizione is a CPU demanding driving simulator. We’re utilizing the medium high quality preset which generally makes this title way more CPU than GPU sure utilizing trendy {hardware}.

In consequence body charges are virtually equivalent utilizing both the Radeon 6650 XT or 6950 XT. Utilizing the quicker of the 2 Radeon GPUs, the Ryzen 5600 was simply 7% quicker than the 13100, whereas the Ryzen 5500 was nowhere. L3 cache efficiency is essential on this title, which is why the 5500 struggles and components just like the 5800X3D actually shine.

The Riftbreaker is a really CPU demanding sport, although like most it depends closely on the first thread, so single core efficiency is necessary and we see this when evaluating the Ryzen 5600 and Core i3-13100. The Ryzen 5500 additionally struggles as IPC is down due to the a lot smaller L3 cache.

Counter-Strike is closely CPU restricted as visually the sport hasn’t been overhauled in a very long time. Utilizing the Radeon 6650 XT, the Ryzen 5600 was 17% quicker than the Core i3-13100 or 11% quicker when evaluating 1% lows.

The Ryzen 5500 was the slowest of the 4 CPUs examined with the i3-13100 as much as 19% quicker. Nonetheless, for probably the most half efficiency was related between the 5500 and the Core i3s.

12 Sport Common

Here is the 12 sport common and as we regularly noticed when utilizing the Radeon 6650 XT efficiency was related throughout all 4 CPUs because of the GPU bottleneck, however there was some variance, principally for the Ryzen 5500. The Ryzen 5600 was on common simply 3% quicker than the Core i3-13100, and something inside 5% we deem a tie.

Largely eradicating the GPU bottleneck with the Radeon 6950 XT sees the Ryzen 5600 pull forward of the Core i3-13100 by an 11% margin, or 12% when evaluating 1% lows.

That is an honest efficiency benefit and we noticed related margins with the GeForce RTX 4090.

What We Discovered

It is wonderful how a lot the panorama of PC components can change in lower than a 12 months. AMD went from being the king of price range CPUs a number of years in the past, to nowhere a couple of 12 months in the past, and now they’re again to being the apparent alternative.

To be truthful, we have been a bit gradual on this replace, the Ryzen 5 5600 dropped as little as $150 again in August, although it rose again as much as $190 for a number of months earlier than plummeting as little as $120. As of writing, it is selling for $150, and with the Core i3-13100 getting into the market at that value that is a simple win for AMD.

It is price noting that the 13100F might be had for $125, whereas the 12100F is promoting for as little as $110, so these F SKU are respectable choices at these costs, however if you wish to save as a lot cash as attainable the Ryzen 5 5500 is difficult to beat for $100.

Should you go together with an AMD AM4 platform you’ve the choice of upgrading to the 5800X3D sooner or later for a large FPS increase. Proper now that CPU is promoting for $340. In the meantime, the Core i3s will also be upgraded later to the 13600K for related cash and the i5 provides related gaming efficiency to the 3D V-Cache half. So though each platforms are “lifeless,” there are many stable improve choices already on supply.

For the Core i3-13100 to compete successfully with the Ryzen 5 5600 it must price not more than $100, then it could be a toss up between the i3 and the 5500. At $150 nevertheless it is lifeless on arrival and even $125 for the F-SKU is an excessive amount of to ask in our opinion.

As for GPU scaling benchmark outcomes, we noticed some attention-grabbing numbers but nothing out of the bizarre given previous findings. We all know a few of you had been wishing the Radeon 7900 XTX was included, however fact be advised, for sub-$200 components these uber costly GPUs are solely used for scientific testing and we guess future-proofing to a level as nicely.

Should you loved such a article, know we’ll be doing extra of it over the approaching weeks and months. Including the Ryzen 5 7600 to the combination could possibly be actually attention-grabbing, so tell us what you concentrate on this potential matchup and another it’s possible you’ll be seeking to see examined by us.

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