Intel Core i9-13900KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Core i9-13900KF vs Ryzen 9 7900X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900KF beats the Ryzen 9 7900X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7900X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13900KF has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 7900X has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7900X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 7900X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-13900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-13900KF CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 7900X CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i9-13900KF has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 7900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-13900KF.

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