Intel Core i7-13700F vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 255.00
$ 152.55 significantly less expensive
$ 407.55

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12031 points
13078 points
8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13909 points
5% slightly better gaming score
13206 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11438 points
13028 points
13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11295 points
13011 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11823 points
6% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
11128 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.63 points
394.92 points
25% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15769 points
16768 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2678 points
2868 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
33% slightly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
Identical
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.70 GHz
76% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
5.4 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

24 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
12 MiB

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

52nd of 1,089
40th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2023 January

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 9 7900 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7900 is faster than the Core i7-13700F. Despite this, the Core i7-13700F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13700F has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7900. Indeed, the Core i7-13700F has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7900. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7900 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700F. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13700F has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700F.

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

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