Intel Core i7-13700KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Core i7-13700KF vs Ryzen 9 9900X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13700KF is faster than the Ryzen 9 9900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9900X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13700KF has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 9900X. Indeed, the Core i7-13700KF has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 9900X. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 9900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700KF. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 9900X 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13700KF has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 9900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700KF.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-13700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.