AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core i9-13900

Ryzen 9 7900X vs Core i9-13900 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7900X performs better than the Core i9-13900. Despite this, the Core i9-13900 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13900 has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 7900X has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7900X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. In terms of cache, the Core i9-13900 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 7900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-13900.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.