AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core i7-13700

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 24 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 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

$ 1000.49
$ 477.75
$ 522.74 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12902 points
16% slightly better overall score
11040 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9051 points
13218 points
46% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14301 points
37% slightly better multitasking score
10372 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14990 points
46% significantly better heavy workload score
10223 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

14014 points
17% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
11967 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

545.75 points
72% significantly higher Blender score
316.57 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13136 points
14666 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1646 points
2584 points
56% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13168 points
14471 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1679 points
2638 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
49% significantly more cores
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

48
100% significantly more threads
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
80% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5.2 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

128 MiB
326% significantly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

42nd of 1,089
68th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
13th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Core i7-13700 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13700 is faster than the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-13700. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i7-13700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700. Despite this, the Core i7-13700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-13700. The Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 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 Threadripper 3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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