Intel Core i7-13700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Core i7-13700 vs Ryzen 9 5900XT benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900XT is faster than the Core i7-13700. Despite this, the Core i7-13700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 9 5900XT has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700. Despite this, the Core i7-13700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 9 5900XT also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-13700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.