Intel Core i7-13700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Core i7-13700K vs Ryzen 9 7900X specs and performance

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

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13700K has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7900X that has 12 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700K. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-13700K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 7900X CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13700K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 7900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700K.

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