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

Ryzen 9 5950X vs Core i7-13700K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13700K is faster than the Ryzen 9 5950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5950X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 9 5950X has more threads. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 9 5950X and Core i7-13700K are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i7-13700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5950X 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 9 5950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5950X has significantly 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 9 5950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.