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

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

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Price

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$ 368.72
$ 308.27 significantly less expensive
$ 676.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

14021 points
14240 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14880 points
12% slightly better gaming score
13213 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13740 points
14605 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13697 points
14773 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12634 points
14388 points
13% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

398.19 points
537.64 points
35% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

30753 points
36291 points
18% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

16968 points
19516 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2801 points
2881 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

17684 points
19647 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2847 points
2926 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
32
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
4.20 GHz
23% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
5.7 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
120 W
4% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache
1024 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
16 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
128 MiB
326% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

29th of 1,118
26th of 1,118

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 November
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

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. Despite this, the Core i7-13700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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. Also, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7950X3D outputs less heat than Core i7-13700K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. 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.

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