Intel Core i7-13700 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series 32 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
2% slightly better overall score
10823 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13218 points
76% significantly better gaming score
7475 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10372 points
12159 points
17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10223 points
13149 points
28% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

316.57 points
458.04 points
44% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14666 points
107% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
7066 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2584 points
120% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1174 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14471 points
90% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7606 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2638 points
118% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1205 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
32
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
64
166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3 GHz
42% much higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
23% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
16 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
64 MiB
113% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

68th of 1,089
73rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2018 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i7-13700 vs Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13700 is faster than the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more cores with 32 cores whereas the Core i7-13700 has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13700. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has a much higher clock speed than the Core i7-13700. Despite this, the Core i7-13700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-13700. The Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 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.

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