Intel Core i9-13900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 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

$ 548.09
$ 128.90 slightly less expensive
$ 676.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

16350 points
13% slightly better overall score
14398 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15858 points
19% slightly better gaming score
13255 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16597 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
14804 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16857 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
14984 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16398 points
13% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
14388 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

522.08 points
537.64 points
2% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

40103 points
10% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
36291 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19777 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
19516 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2939 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
2881 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19967 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
19647 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2985 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2926 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

3 GHz
4.20 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.7 GHz
Identical
5.7 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
87% significantly more L1 cache
1024 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
16 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
27th 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 7950X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-13900K is faster than the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7950X3D in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13900K has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has 16 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900K. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-13900K has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-13900K.

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

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