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Intel Core i7 13700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

75 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13700K
VS
63 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Intel Core i7 13700K
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

We compared two 16-core desktop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 13700K against the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5950X. 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
37.3
(Mediocre)
Value Index
40.4
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5950X and 13700K
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700K
  • Around 41.92 GB/s (88%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 29% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2941 vs 2276 points
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
  • Has 34 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 13700K
vs
Ryzen 9 5950X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 659 464
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 6859 5693
Cinebench Scores (65th and 75th 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 13700K +29%
2941
Ryzen 9 5950X
2276
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700K +59%
20193
Ryzen 9 5950X
12728
File compression 1770 MB/sec 1120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 167.5 Klines/sec 147.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 528.1 pages/sec 224.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 560.2 Mpixels/sec 372.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 288 pages/sec 222.5 pages/sec
Background blur 81 images/sec 28.4 images/sec
Photo processing 187.6 images/sec 85 images/sec
Ray tracing 37.6 Mpixels/sec 38.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 817 & 741 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 13700K +24%
4325
Ryzen 9 5950X
3476
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700K +1%
45614
Ryzen 9 5950X
45260
Integer math 153.8 GOps/sec 183.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 114.4 GOps/sec 100.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 188M Primes/sec 223M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 62.5M Strings/sec 64.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 33.1 GBytes/sec 39.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 591.4 MBytes/sec 622.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 2692 Frames/sec 1854 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 36.4B Matrices/sec 40.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 8277 & 19398 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 13700K
401.93
Ryzen 9 5950X +3%
413.83

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.2 PPW 13.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 161.5 PPW 121.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 364.9 PPW 431 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.22 PPW 3.94 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 13700K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-30 (Channel3)Cinebench 2026659 / 6859
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-14 (Xypher)Cinebench 2024121 / 1618
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-28 (Illyctro)GeekBench2671 / 17244
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-27 (JMoor)Cinebench 2024120 / 1543
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-21 (Sighrus)Cinebench 2024126 / 1759
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-12 (stream pc)Cinebench 2026456 / 4979
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (DDD)Cinebench 2026464 / 5693
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass)GeekBench2259 / 12745
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass)Cinebench 202499 / 1448
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-07 (C0d3M0nk3y)Cinebench 202497 / 1451
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13700K and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

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
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7700X - Intel Core i9 11900K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Intel CPU rating (#31st place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#51st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 16 32
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 4.9 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 16
Total Threads 24 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 34x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 64MB (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 142 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM4
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (39th and 71st place)

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
0.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 5950X
n/a
See: Intel UHD Graphics 770 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
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 9 5950X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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