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Intel Core i7 13700F vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Intel Core i7 13700F
VS
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
Intel Core i7 13700F
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i7 13700F with 16-cores against the 4.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 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
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score when comparing desktop CPUs.

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7900X and 13700F
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700F
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Around 16.2 GB/s (22%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
  • Has 34816 KB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.6 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3113 vs 2712 points
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Test in Benchmarks

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

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700F +1%
29797
Ryzen 9 7900X
29439
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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
2712
Ryzen 9 7900X +15%
3113
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700F
16827
Ryzen 9 7900X +12%
18807
File compression 1360 MB/sec 1790 MB/sec
Clang compilation 142.2 Klines/sec 178.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 398 pages/sec 337.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 476.5 Mpixels/sec 472.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 278.4 pages/sec 313.2 pages/sec
Background blur 69.2 images/sec 77.6 images/sec
Photo processing 134.4 images/sec 123.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 32.4 Mpixels/sec 39.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700F
40237
Ryzen 9 7900X +30%
52222
Integer math 145.2 GOps/sec 171.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 104.2 GOps/sec 105.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 156M Primes/sec 382M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 54.8M Strings/sec 78.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 29 GBytes/sec 37.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 509.8 MBytes/sec 639.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 2115 Frames/sec 3077 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 31B Matrices/sec 48B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

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Specifications

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

General

Vendor Intel AMD
Released January 3, 2023 September 29, 2022
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)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 12
P-Threads 16 24
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5.6 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 47x
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 170 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 219 W 230 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM5
Peak temperature 100°C 95°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock - 1500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 2200 MHz
Shading Units - 448
TMUs - 8
ROPs - 4
Execution Units - 2
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 13700F
n/a
Ryzen 9 7900X
1.43 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-5200
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 73.4 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

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

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X or Intel Core i7 13700F?
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