Intel Core i7-13700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

Core i7-13700 vs Ryzen 9 7900X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13700 is faster than the Ryzen 9 7900X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7900X3D in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13700 has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7900X3D that has 12 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has more L2 cache than the Core i7-13700. The Ryzen 9 7900X3D 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.