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Intel Core i9 13900 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

76 out of 100
Intel Core i9 13900
VS
52 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Intel Core i9 13900
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz Intel Core i9 13900 with 24-cores against the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 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

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Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
34.2
(Mediocre)
Value Index
13.6
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5800X3D and 13900
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900
  • Has 16 more physical cores
  • Around 38.4 GB/s (75%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 32% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2797 vs 2113 points
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • 16% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
  • Has 60 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 i9 13900
vs
Ryzen 7 5800X3D

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#22nd 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 i9 13900 +58%
17643
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
11198
File compression 1280 MB/sec 1240 MB/sec
Clang compilation 181.1 Klines/sec 80.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 392.6 pages/sec 227.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 466.4 Mpixels/sec 316.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 283.3 pages/sec 205.9 pages/sec
Background blur 64.4 images/sec 54.7 images/sec
Photo processing 134.2 images/sec 81.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 41.8 Mpixels/sec 19.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 635 & 700 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 13900 +58%
44613
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
28289
Integer math 172.6 GOps/sec 88.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 117.9 GOps/sec 50.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 182M Primes/sec 230M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 62.3M Strings/sec 33.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 34.2 GBytes/sec 20.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 559.3 MBytes/sec 329.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 2425 Frames/sec 2875 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 31.7B Matrices/sec 22.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 830 & 11489 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 13900 +81%
384.67
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
212.46

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 31.7 PPW 7.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 271.4 PPW 106.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 686.4 PPW 269.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.92 PPW 2.02 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 13900
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-01-29 (3Dawe)Cinebench 202492 / 858
📘 2025-12-30 -> vermilixnCinebench 202494 / 911
📘 2025-12-30 (vermilixn)Cinebench 202494 / 911
📘 2025-11-02 (Homer35)Cinebench 202494 / 901
📘 2025-10-24 (masuzo)Cinebench 202490 / 808
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13900 and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 March 15, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i9-13900 -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7900 - Intel Core i7 12700K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285 - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Intel CPU rating (#25th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#103rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 -
E-Threads 16 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.2 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 24 8
Total Threads 32 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 34x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 96MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 219 W -
Socket LGA-1700 AM4
Peak Temperature 100°C 90°C
Desktop CPU ranking (36th and 101st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz -
Shading Units 256 -
TMUs 16 -
ROPs 8 -
Execution Units 32 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
See: Intel UHD Graphics 770 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR4-3200
- DDR4-2933
- DDR4-2667
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 13900 official page AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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