Intel Core i7-13700KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

Core i7-13700KF vs Ryzen 7 7700X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13700KF is faster than the Ryzen 7 7700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7700X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13700KF has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 7700X that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7700X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700KF. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Ryzen 7 7700X outputs less heat than Core i7-13700KF thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13700KF has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 7700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7700X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700KF.

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