Intel Core i7-13700T vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12052 points
18% slightly better overall score
10175 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12795 points
46% significantly better gaming score
8712 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11847 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
10760 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11813 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
11072 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

306.05 points
367.23 points
19% slightly higher Blender 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

1.4 GHz
3.30 GHz
135% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

24 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
64 MiB
113% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

50th of 1,089
83rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2024 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Core i7-13700T vs Ryzen 9 5900XT benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13700T performs better than the Ryzen 9 5900XT. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900XT in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 9 5900XT has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900XT has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13700T. Despite this, the Core i7-13700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13700T has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5900XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700T.

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

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