Intel Core i9-13900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

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

$ 548.09
$ 251.90 significantly less expensive
$ 799.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

16350 points
22% slightly better overall score
13385 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15858 points
20% slightly better gaming score
13203 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16597 points
23% slightly better multitasking score
13450 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16857 points
25% slightly better heavy workload score
13474 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

522.08 points
31% slightly higher Blender score
398.41 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19777 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
17603 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2939 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
2784 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19967 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
17560 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2985 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2866 points

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

3 GHz
4.40 GHz
46% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.7 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
5.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
120 W
4% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1920 KiB
150% significantly more L1 cache
768 KiB

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
128 MiB
255% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

13th of 1,089
38th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 October
2023 February

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 i9-13900K vs Ryzen 9 7900X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-13900K is faster than the Ryzen 9 7900X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7900X3D in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900K has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7900X3D. Indeed, the Core i9-13900K has 24 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7900X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7900X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900K. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-13900K has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7900X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-13900K.

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

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