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Intel Core i7 13700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

Intel Core i7 13700K
VS
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Intel Core i7 13700K
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 13700K with 16-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800X with 8-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 5800X and 13700K
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700K
  • Newer - released 2-years later
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Around 41.92 GB/s (88%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2726 vs 2360 points
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature
  • 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 2048 KB larger L3 cache size
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 13700K
vs
Ryzen 7 5800X

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Core i7 13700K +31%
2081
Ryzen 7 5800X
1592
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700K +100%
30407
Ryzen 7 5800X
15238
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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 13700K +16%
2726
Ryzen 7 5800X
2360
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700K +74%
19215
Ryzen 7 5800X
11054
File compression 1680 MB/sec 1140 MB/sec
Clang compilation 159.6 Klines/sec 87.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 493.6 pages/sec 245.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 532.5 Mpixels/sec 345.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 278.3 pages/sec 219.3 pages/sec
Background blur 74.8 images/sec 45.3 images/sec
Photo processing 170.7 images/sec 89.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 36.6 Mpixels/sec 19.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 13700K +27%
4390
Ryzen 7 5800X
3448
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700K +67%
46838
Ryzen 7 5800X
28018
Integer math 156.5 GOps/sec 97.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 116.5 GOps/sec 52.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 202M Primes/sec 131M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 64.8M Strings/sec 36M Strings/sec
Data encryption 33.9 GBytes/sec 21.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 606.7 MBytes/sec 346.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 2731 Frames/sec 1391 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 37.3B Matrices/sec 23.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13700K and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

General

Vendor Intel AMD
Released September 27, 2022 October 8, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i7-13700K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 No

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.5 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.2 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 24 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 38x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 4.15 billions
Fabrication process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 253 W -
Socket LGA-1700 AM4
Peak temperature 100°C 90°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1600 MHz -
Shading Units 256 -
TMUs 16 -
ROPs 8 -
Execution Units 32 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 13700K
0.78 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 5800X
n/a

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official site Intel Core i7 13700K official page AMD Ryzen 7 5800X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X or Intel Core i7 13700K?
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