Intel Core i7-13700F vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 255.00
$ 200.05 significantly less expensive
$ 455.05

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12031 points
9% slightly better overall score
10982 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13909 points
6% slightly better gaming score
13108 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11438 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
10252 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11295 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
10031 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11823 points
17% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
10082 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.63 points
325.43 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15769 points
18346 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2678 points
3336 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
Identical
5.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

24 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache
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

52nd of 1,089
70th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Core i7-13700F vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is faster than the Core i7-13700F. Despite this, the Core i7-13700F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13700F has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 9800X3D that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700F. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13700F has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700F.

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 i7-13700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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