Intel Core i7-13700KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 299.00
$ 156.05 significantly less expensive
$ 455.05

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

14597 points
32% slightly better overall score
10982 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15533 points
18% slightly better gaming score
13108 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14287 points
39% slightly better multitasking score
10252 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14235 points
41% slightly better heavy workload score
10031 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12620 points
25% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
10082 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

392.10 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
325.43 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

17482 points
18346 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2885 points
3336 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
100% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
4.7 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed
5.2 GHz

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
100% significantly more L1 cache
640 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
96 MiB
220% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

26th of 1,089
70th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 November
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i7-13700KF vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13700KF performs better than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13700KF has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-13700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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 9800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has significantly 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.

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