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

Core i9-13900KF vs Ryzen 9 9900X3D benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900KF beats the Ryzen 9 9900X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9900X3D 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 9900X3D has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-13900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 9900X3D 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. In terms of cache, the Core i9-13900KF has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D 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.