Intel Core i9-7900X vs Intel Core i7-13620H

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i7 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7006 points

7691 points

9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7653 points

10139 points

32% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points

6947 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6719 points

6776 points

0.85% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6987 points

7150 points

2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.19 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

172.32 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

37% slightly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.9 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

57% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

64 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

14 MiB

24 MiB

71% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

193rd of 1,089

158th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

13th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-7900X vs Core i7-13620H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13620H performs better than the Core i9-7900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7900X in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i9-7900X has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-7900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13620H. Despite this, the Core i7-13620H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.