AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D vs Intel Core i9-13900KS

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 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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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 569.05
$ 19.94 slightly less expensive
$ 588.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

15772 points
17026 points
7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15040 points
16296 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16008 points
17346 points
8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16094 points
17634 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

13700 points
16728 points
22% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

466.69 points
524.43 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

20191 points
21389 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3294 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
3124 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
32
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.4 GHz
37% slightly higher clock speed
3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz
6 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
32 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

128 MiB
255% significantly more L3 cache
36 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

19th of 1,089
9th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
13th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 March
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 9900X3D vs Core i9-13900KS benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-13900KS performs better than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9900X3D in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900KS has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. Indeed, the Core i9-13900KS has 24 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13900KS. Despite this, the Core i9-13900KS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-13900KS has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D 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 9900X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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