Intel Core i7-13700KF 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?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 299.00

$ 377.99 significantly less expensive

$ 676.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

14597 points

1% slightly better overall score

14398 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15533 points

17% slightly better gaming score

13255 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14287 points

14804 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14235 points

14984 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i7-13700KF and the Ryzen 9 7950X3D? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12620 points

14388 points

14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

392.10 points

537.64 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

16980 points

19516 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2824 points

2881 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

17482 points

19647 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2885 points

2926 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

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

Identical

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

26th of 1,089

27th of 1,089

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 i7-13700KF vs Ryzen 9 7950X3D benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13700KF beats the Ryzen 9 7950X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7950X3D in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count 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 i7-13700KF. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13700KF has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700KF.

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