AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i7-13700K

Ryzen 7 3800X vs Core i7-13700K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13700K beats the Ryzen 7 3800X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 3800X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13700K has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 3800X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3800X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700K. Despite this, the Core i7-13700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 3800X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-13700K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13700K has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 3800X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3800X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700K.

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 Ryzen 7 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.