Intel Core i9-13900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 12 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
$ 407.55
$ 142.44 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12032 points
13078 points
8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13860 points
4% slightly better gaming score
13206 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11498 points
13028 points
13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11396 points
13011 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

15200 points
36% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
11128 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

382.31 points
394.92 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

16732 points
16762 points
0.18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2558 points
2797 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

16375 points
16768 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2752 points
2868 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
100% significantly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
33% slightly more threads
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
3.70 GHz
85% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed
5.4 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache
12 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
40th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2023 January

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 i9-13900 vs Ryzen 9 7900 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7900 is faster than the Core i9-13900. Despite this, the Core i9-13900 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7900. Indeed, the Core i9-13900 has 24 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7900. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7900. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 7900 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13900. Despite this, the Core i9-13900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-13900 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-13900.

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

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