AMD Ryzen 9 9950X vs Intel Core i9-13900KS

Ryzen 9 9950X vs Core i9-13900KS specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 9950X performs better than the Core i9-13900KS. Despite this, the Core i9-13900KS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13900KS has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 9950X that has 16 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 9950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to 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 9950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-13900KS.

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 9950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.