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Intel Core i7 13700F vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900

67 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13700F
VS
75 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
Intel Core i7 13700F
AMD Ryzen 9 7900

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i7 13700F with 16-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7900 with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
39.2
(Mediocre)
Value Index
54.5
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7900 and 13700F
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700F
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900
  • Has 34 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2947 vs 2690 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 13700F
vs
Ryzen 9 7900

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 13700F
1325
Ryzen 9 7900 +25%
1657
Cinebench Scores (87th and 53rd place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i7 13700F
2690
Ryzen 9 7900 +10%
2947
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700F
16660
Ryzen 9 7900 +4%
17401
File compression 1340 MB/sec 1690 MB/sec
Clang compilation 148.5 Klines/sec 149.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 393.9 pages/sec 341.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 430.5 Mpixels/sec 481.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 274.4 pages/sec 299.8 pages/sec
Background blur 67.3 images/sec 70.3 images/sec
Photo processing 138.4 images/sec 119.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 35.1 Mpixels/sec 31 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 976 & 1146 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700F
37752
Ryzen 9 7900 +27%
48032
Integer math 139.9 GOps/sec 162.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 98.7 GOps/sec 97.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 153M Primes/sec 378M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 49.3M Strings/sec 68.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 26.5 GBytes/sec 34.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 462.9 MBytes/sec 573.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 2197 Frames/sec 3027 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 27.7B Matrices/sec 41.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2798 & 3274 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 13700F
319.98
Ryzen 9 7900 +24%
397.08

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 20.4 PPW 25.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 256.3 PPW 267.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 580.8 PPW 739 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.92 PPW 6.11 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 13700F
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-10-25 (AL)Cinebench 2024109 / 1379
📘 2024-09-21 (KSL)Cinebench 2024113 / 765
📘 2023-11-07 (ThickDMEAT)Cinebench 2024112 / 1325
Add View all (3)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-03-17 (A_Nobody)Cinebench 2024120 / 1657
Add View all (1)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13700F and AMD Ryzen 9 7900

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 January 10, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number i7-13700F -
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7700 - Intel Core i9 13900
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265F -
Intel CPU rating (#57th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#20th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 12
P-Threads 16 24
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 12
Total Threads 24 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 37x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 13.1 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 219 W 142 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM5
Peak Temperature 100°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (55th and 37th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock - 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 2200 MHz
Shading Units - 128
TMUs - 8
ROPs - 4
Execution Units - 2
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 13700F
n/a
Ryzen 9 7900
0.6 TFLOPS
See: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 13700F official page AMD Ryzen 9 7900 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

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