AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Core i9-13900KS

Ryzen 9 7950X vs Core i9-13900KS comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900KS beats the Ryzen 9 7950X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7950X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13900KS has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 7950X has 16 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900KS. Despite this, the Core i9-13900KS has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i9-13900KS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 7950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-13900KS.

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 7950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.