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Intel Core i7 13700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

75 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13700K
VS
75 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
Intel Core i7 13700K
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 13700K 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 (11)

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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
37.3
(Mediocre)
Value Index
74.3
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7900X and 13700K
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700K
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 770 integrated graphics: 0.8 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
  • Has 34 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.6 GHz vs 5.3 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

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

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 659 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 6859 -
Cinebench Scores (66th and 65th 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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700K +11%
20193
Ryzen 9 7900X
18246
File compression 1770 MB/sec 1810 MB/sec
Clang compilation 167.5 Klines/sec 175.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 528.1 pages/sec 360.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 560.2 Mpixels/sec 535.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 288 pages/sec 299.8 pages/sec
Background blur 81 images/sec 52.2 images/sec
Photo processing 187.6 images/sec 121.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 37.6 Mpixels/sec 39.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 817 & 1096 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700K
45614
Ryzen 9 7900X +12%
51226
Integer math 153.8 GOps/sec 168.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 114.4 GOps/sec 103.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 188M Primes/sec 389M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 62.5M Strings/sec 74.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 33.1 GBytes/sec 37.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 591.4 MBytes/sec 629.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 2692 Frames/sec 3046 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 36.4B Matrices/sec 47.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 8277 & 9482 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 7900X +5%
420.06

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.2 PPW 9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 161.5 PPW 107.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 364.9 PPW 301.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.22 PPW 2.47 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
📘 2026-03-30 (Channel3)Cinebench 2026659 / 6859
📘 2026-01-14 (Xypher)Cinebench 2024121 / 1618
📘 2025-05-28 (Illyctro)Geekbench 6 CPU2671 / 17244
📘 2025-05-27 (JMoor)Cinebench 2024120 / 1543
📘 2025-05-21 (Sighrus)Cinebench 2024126 / 1759
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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-03 (afroman420IU)Cinebench 2024110 / 1302
📘 2026-02-11 (JDM)Cinebench 2024134 / 1165
📘 2025-12-27 (Avvy)Geekbench 6 CPU3320 / 14480
📘 2025-12-20 (Kev)Cinebench 2024120 / 1541
📘 2025-10-18 (NotHere3573)Cinebench 2024119 / 1550
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Specifications

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

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released September 27, 2022 September 29, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number i7-13700K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7700X - Intel Core i9 13900K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus - AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
Intel CPU rating (#31st place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#21st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 12
P-Threads 16 24
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5.6 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 12
Total Threads 24 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 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 Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 13.14 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 170 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 253 W 230 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM5
Peak Temperature 100°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (40th and 39th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1600 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 256 128
TMUs 16 8
ROPs 8 4
Execution Units 32 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 13700K +33%
0.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 7900X
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) compared to UHD Graphics 770

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 13700K 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 13700K?
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Aparos January 7, 2023 at 05:34 PM
Wow, the i7 is better than AMD's i9. AMD went back to the FX ERA. Bravo Intel.
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Gumby October 16, 2023 at 09:17 PM
The 13900k is proceed against the 7950X. The i7 is priced against the 7900X, i9, i7, and Ryzen 9 are nothing but marketing terms. In terms of price to performance, the 7600X goes against the i3, the 7700X against it, the 7900x against the i7, and 7950X against the i9.
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Plunderloot October 7, 2022 at 08:36 AM
13700K has a lower MSRP and is LGA1700. 7900X has a higher MSRP and doesn't even give that much more performance and its TDP is higher, plus you have to buy an AM5 board. 13700K > 7900X
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im not givin out my name October 11, 2022 at 08:15 PM
While tdp is higher, actual power consumption on the 13700k is much, much more. this would mean you could get higher overclocks from a 7900x. it also helps that zen 4 takes a lot lower voltage when overclocking.
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Huh November 7, 2022 at 08:56 AM
im not givin out my name, No, the actual power consumption on the 13700k is much much less than you think. Stock all-core performance can easily be run at 170-180w. You could get higher overclocks from a 13700k within the same stock voltage, let alone higher memory OC. Btw $400 vs $550 lol
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Whats it to ya November 23, 2022 at 02:08 AM
This confuses me cause based on benchmarks by different YouTubers, the 13700k total power consumption is worse than the 7900x
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Nathaniel Smith November 26, 2022 at 11:20 PM
Whats it to ya, A lot of tech tubers are anti-Intel TBH. I use both but you can get reasonable TDP from Intel. I have a 13700kf at 5.5ghz all core 4.4ghz on E core. It totally maxed out it uses 270 watts. I have a 11900kf at 5.3ghz full load it uses up to 340watts. 12700k uses just a bit less than the 13th gen.
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Nameless. January 7, 2023 at 05:36 PM
However AM5 motherboards will be supported, and last longer.
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Noname May 2, 2023 at 06:44 PM
The power consumption of the 7900X is much lower than the 13700K. The 7900X also has significantly more L3 cache than the 13700K. You (probably) will get much higher frames with the 7900X, because all of its cores are “performance”, unlike the 13700K; the 13700K may have a higher core count(doesn’t have a higher thread count though), but this doesn’t instantly mean that it will have higher performance. Usually, tasks don’t require so many cores(16/12 in this case), and when it comes to games, it’s usually better to have consistency among cores as games have trouble choosing which cores to perform on; games will be “tripped up” by the efficiency cores, and use them instead of the performance cores. You may have to buy an AM5 board, however, the AM5 socket will be supported for far longer than LGA1700(probably >3 generations of Ryzen processors). I’m not gonna say the i7-13700K is bad, because it isn’t, but these processors typically will have different use cases; the Ryzen 9 7900X would be used for games, and the i7-13700K will be used for more “productive tasks”, and so it’s unfair to rank them in this way.
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idk i guess May 12, 2023 at 08:59 PM
Noname, Well, the efficiency cores are used for background tasks like managing chrome tabs and because these are efficiency cores, they tend to use less power, and which leads to better power efficiency. While the efficiency cores are taking care of the background tasks, the performance cores can focus on more power-intensive work. The reason apps do not get "tripped up" by the efficiency cores is because of the newer Windows 11 support "thread director" which is supposed to manage what tasks are handled by which type of core. So there is no concern about getting "tripped up" by those efficiency cores.
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Mr. X November 8, 2023 at 06:32 PM
In my region 7900x cost 430$ and 13700k cost 470$.
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