Intel Core i9-13900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 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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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 549.99
$ 321.08
$ 228.91 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12032 points
18% slightly better overall score
10175 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13860 points
59% significantly better gaming score
8712 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11498 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
10760 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11396 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
11072 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

15200 points
36% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
11130 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

382.31 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
367.23 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
49% significantly more cores
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
Identical
32

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
3.30 GHz
65% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
16% 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

32 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
64 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

51st of 1,089
83rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
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 i9-13900 vs Ryzen 9 5900XT specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-13900 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13900 has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 5900XT has 16 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900XT has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13900. Despite this, the Core i9-13900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i9-13900 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 5900XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-13900.

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 i9-13900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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