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

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i9 14 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

13554 points
91% significantly better overall score
7077 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13457 points
49% significantly better gaming score
9022 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13583 points
108% significantly better multitasking score
6522 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13587 points
111% significantly better heavy workload score
6425 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12798 points
57% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
8124 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

412.82 points
106% significantly higher Blender score
200.38 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

29628 points
45% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score
20385 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
20% slightly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.7 GHz
80% significantly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed
5.4 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

24
28
16% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

36th of 1,089
187th 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
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

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

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7900X beats the Core i9-13900H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13900H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13900H has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7900X that has 12 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X has more threads than the Core i9-13900H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900H. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 7900X has more L2 cache than the Core i9-13900H. The Ryzen 9 7900X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.

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