AMD Ryzen 7 7700X vs Intel Core i9-13900

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 246.84
$ 303.15 significantly less expensive
$ 549.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10008 points
12032 points
20% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12170 points
13860 points
13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9291 points
11498 points
23% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9088 points
11396 points
25% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9007 points
15200 points
68% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

281.95 points
382.31 points
35% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15168 points
16732 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2857 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
2558 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15466 points
16375 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2977 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2752 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
24
200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
32
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.50 GHz
125% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
5.6 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
32 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
36 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

89th of 1,089
51st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
13th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 September
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 7700X vs Core i9-13900 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-13900 performs better than the Ryzen 7 7700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7700X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13900 has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 7700X that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7700X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900. Despite this, the Core i9-13900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-13900 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 7700X. The Core i9-13900 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 7700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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