AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core i9-13900F

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i9-13900F

Price

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$ 314.49

$ 206.51 significantly less expensive

$ 521.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

13554 points

0.20% slightly better overall score

13527 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13457 points

14509 points

7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13583 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

13292 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13587 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

13352 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12798 points

14549 points

13% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

412.82 points

0.20% slightly higher Blender score

412.01 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

17750 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

17199 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2946 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2801 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.7 GHz

134% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz

Identical

5.6 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB

16 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

77% significantly more L3 cache

36 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

36th of 1,089

37th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

13th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 September

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 7900X vs Core i9-13900F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7900X beats the Core i9-13900F in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-13900F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13900F has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7900X that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7900X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900F. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-13900F has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-13900F.

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