AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core i9-13900K

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Core i9-13900K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900K beats the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900K. Despite this, the Core i9-13900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-13900K outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 3960X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i9-13900K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-13900K.

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.