Intel Core i9-13900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

Core i9-13900K vs Ryzen 9 9900X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D is faster than the Core i9-13900K. Despite this, the Core i9-13900K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13900K has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 9900X3D that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900K. Despite this, the Core i9-13900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 9900X3D outputs less heat than Core i9-13900K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-13900K has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D 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.