AMD Ryzen 7 9700X vs Intel Core i7-13700T

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 8 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 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

11156 points
11526 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13801 points
7% slightly better gaming score
12871 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10279 points
11131 points
8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10034 points
11068 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

302.05 points
306.05 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

16965 points
46% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
11608 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3349 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2479 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
171% significantly higher clock speed
1.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
24 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
6% slightly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

68th of 1,102
58th of 1,102

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
13th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August
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 9700X vs Core i7-13700T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13700T beats the Ryzen 7 9700X in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13700T has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 9700X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9700X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700T. Also, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13700T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 9700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9700X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700T.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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