AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs Intel Core i9-13900KS

Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs Core i9-13900KS benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 9950X3D performs better than the Core i9-13900KS. Despite this, the Core i9-13900KS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900KS has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. Indeed, the Core i9-13900KS has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 9950X3D 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 9950X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D 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 9950X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.