Intel Core i7-13700KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

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

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Price

The average price from our partner retailers

$ 299.00
$ 368.80 significantly less expensive
$ 667.80

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

14545 points
16293 points
12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15528 points
5% slightly better gaming score
14659 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14220 points
16917 points
18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14162 points
17259 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12620 points
17230 points
36% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

392.10 points
643.21 points
64% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

17482 points
22134 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2885 points
3395 points
17% 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
4.3 GHz
26% 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
36% slightly lower TDP
170 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB
Identical
1280 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

25th of 1,125
14th of 1,125

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 November
2025 March

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 9 9950X3D benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D beats the Core i7-13700KF in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-13700KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13700KF. Also, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-13700KF CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU because of its 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 9 9950X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D 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.

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