Intel Core i7-13700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Core i7-13700K vs Ryzen 9 7950X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D is faster than the Core i7-13700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13700K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700K. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13700K has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700K.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-13700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.