Intel Core i9-13900F 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

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$ 521.00
$ 407.55
$ 113.45 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

13527 points
6% slightly better overall score
12696 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14509 points
12% slightly better gaming score
12933 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13292 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
12616 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13352 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
12600 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14549 points
30% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
11128 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

412.01 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
394.92 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

17199 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
16768 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2801 points
2868 points
2% 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

16 MiB
33% slightly 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

37th of 1,089
45th 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

Core i9-13900F vs Ryzen 9 7900 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-13900F is faster than the Ryzen 9 7900. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7900 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13900F has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7900 that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7900. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7900 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900F. In terms of cache, the Core i9-13900F has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 7900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-13900F.

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

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