Intel Core i9-13900KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Core i9-13900KF vs Ryzen 7 7800X3D comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-13900KF performs better than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7800X3D in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13900KF has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 7800X3D that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-13900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D outputs less heat than Core i9-13900KF 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 i9-13900KF has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-13900KF.

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