Intel Core i7-13700 vs AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs AMD 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11040 points
11415 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13218 points
13499 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10372 points
10715 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10223 points
10514 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
100% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
4.7 GHz
123% significantly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
Identical
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
96 MiB
220% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

68th of 1,089
60th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i7-13700 vs Ryzen 7 9850X3D benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D is faster than the Core i7-13700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13700 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13700 has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 9850X3D that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Ryzen 7 9850X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-13700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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