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Intel Core i7 13700KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

73 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13700KF
VS
68 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Intel Core i7 13700KF
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 13700KF with 16-cores against the 4.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
43.5
(Average)
Value Index
82.1
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7700X and 13700KF
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700KF
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5.3 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 13700KF
vs
Ryzen 7 7700X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 619
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4481
Cinebench Scores (64th and 131st 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 13700KF +18%
18322
Ryzen 7 7700X
15478
File compression 1440 MB/sec 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 163 Klines/sec 120.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 433.6 pages/sec 298 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 506.1 Mpixels/sec 437.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 287 pages/sec 300.6 pages/sec
Background blur 73.9 images/sec 72.1 images/sec
Photo processing 149.9 images/sec 114.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 37.3 Mpixels/sec 26.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 844 & 840 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700KF +28%
45534
Ryzen 7 7700X
35487
Integer math 153.9 GOps/sec 111.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 114.6 GOps/sec 68.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 183M Primes/sec 177M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 62.5M Strings/sec 49.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 33.1 GBytes/sec 24.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 593 MBytes/sec 418.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 2617 Frames/sec 1980 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 36.5B Matrices/sec 31.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4552 & 9568 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 13700KF +38%
393.47
Ryzen 7 7700X
284.16

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.2 PPW 10.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 146.6 PPW 147.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 364.3 PPW 338 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.15 PPW 2.71 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 13700KF
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-25 (Marko)Cinebench 2024115 / 1556
πŸ“˜ 2024-07-11 (Guest #1)Cinebench 2024122 / 1525
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-11 (ankan_001)Geekbench 6 CPU3068 / 16420
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Bigscheff)Geekbench 6 CPU3011 / 15732
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Bigscheff)Cinebench 2026634 / 4679
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 (darkV0R4X)Cinebench 2026521 / 3583
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-01 (EMPEROR)Cinebench 2026619 / 4481
Add View all (22)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13700KF and AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

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 i7-13700KF -
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7700X - Intel Core i7 13700K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
Intel CPU rating (#35th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#39th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 4.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5.4 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 45x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 253 W 142 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM5
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (45th and 53rd 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
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 13700KF official page AMD Ryzen 7 7700X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

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