Intel Core i9-13900F vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Price

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$ 521.00

$ 369.00

$ 152.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

13527 points

13788 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14509 points

3% slightly better gaming score

14026 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13292 points

13725 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13352 points

13727 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14549 points

4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

13920 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

412.01 points

462.53 points

12% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

17199 points

19790 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2801 points

3339 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz

4.4 GHz

120% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz

Identical

5.6 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

35th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February

2024 August

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 9900X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 9900X is faster than the Core i9-13900F. Despite this, the Core i9-13900F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13900F has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 9900X has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 9900X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 9900X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13900F. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-13900F has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 9900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X 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.