AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core i7-13700F

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 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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Price

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$ 287.24
$ 255.00
$ 32.24 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11194 points
12031 points
7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9928 points
13909 points
40% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11640 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
11438 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11833 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
11295 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11823 points
Identical
11823 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

406.94 points
29% slightly higher Blender score
313.63 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12029 points
15769 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points
2678 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
33% slightly more threads
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
61% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5.2 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

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

64 MiB
113% significantly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

66th of 1,089
52nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
13th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 9 5950X vs Core i7-13700F specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5950X is faster than the Core i7-13700F. Despite this, the Core i7-13700F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 9 5950X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5950X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700F. Despite this, the Core i7-13700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13700F has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700F.

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 9 5950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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