Intel Core i9 11900K vs i7 13700K

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Intel Core i9 11900K with 8-cores against the 3.4 GHz i7 13700K with 16-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
13.4
(Bad)
Value Index
37.3
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 13700K and 11900K
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700K
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 14 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Around 39.6 GB/s (79%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 7 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 18% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2941 vs 2494 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

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 (#65th place)

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)
20193
File compression 862.2 MB/sec 1770 MB/sec
Clang compilation 89.5 Klines/sec 167.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 228.1 pages/sec 528.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 331.5 Mpixels/sec 560.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 241.7 pages/sec 288 pages/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 81 images/sec
Photo processing 89.4 images/sec 187.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.7 Mpixels/sec 37.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1034 & 817 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
45614
Integer math 88.9 GOps/sec 153.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 52.7 GOps/sec 114.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 67M Primes/sec 188M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 37.9M Strings/sec 62.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.8 GBytes/sec 33.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 328.6 MBytes/sec 591.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1047 Frames/sec 2692 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 23.3B Matrices/sec 36.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4708 & 8277 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
401.93

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 6.6 PPW 12.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 89.6 PPW 161.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 199.2 PPW 364.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.7 PPW 3.22 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 i9 11900K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-20 (Zodiax)Cinebench 202495 / 819
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-26 (poweruser65535)Cinebench 2024102 / 870
πŸ“˜ 2024-10-15 (antoine)Cinebench 202489 / 698
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

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 11900K and i7 13700K

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released March 16, 2021 September 27, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Rocket Lake Raptor Lake
Model number i9-11900K i7-13700K
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 750 UHD Graphics 770
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Intel CPU rating (127th and 31st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5.3 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 8 16
Total Threads 16 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 35x 34x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 30MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 253 W
Socket LGA-1200 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (94th and 39th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 750 Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1600 MHz
Shading Units 256 256
TMUs 64 16
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units 32 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.7 TFLOPS
0.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 50 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 11900K official page Intel Core i7 13700K official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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