AMD Ryzen 9 7900 vs Intel Core i7-13700T

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 12 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

13078 points
8% slightly better overall score
12052 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13206 points
3% slightly better gaming score
12795 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13028 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
11847 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13011 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
11813 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

394.92 points
29% slightly higher Blender score
306.05 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

16768 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
11608 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2868 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2479 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
Identical
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.70 GHz
164% significantly higher clock speed
1.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
10% 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

12 MiB
24 MiB
100% 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

40th of 1,089
50th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
13th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 January
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 9 7900 vs Core i7-13700T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7900 beats the Core i7-13700T in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-13700T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13700T has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7900 that has 12 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700T. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13700T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 7900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700T.

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 7900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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