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Intel Core i9 13900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Intel Core i9 13900K
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Intel Core i9 13900K
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.0 GHz Intel Core i9 13900K with 24-cores against the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5950X with 16-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
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score when comparing desktop CPUs.

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5950X and 13900K
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900K
  • Newer - released 2-years later
  • Around 41.92 GB/s (88%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 59% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3063 vs 1926 points
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
  • Has 28672 KB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 13900K
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Ryzen 9 5950X

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Core i9 13900K +38%
2244
Ryzen 9 5950X
1630
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 13900K +47%
38345
Ryzen 9 5950X
26069
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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 i9 13900K +59%
3063
Ryzen 9 5950X
1926
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 13900K +63%
21250
Ryzen 9 5950X
13013
File compression 1650 MB/sec 1090 MB/sec
Clang compilation 203.6 Klines/sec 137.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 548.7 pages/sec 225.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 579.8 Mpixels/sec 349.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 318.2 pages/sec 191.7 pages/sec
Background blur 61.4 images/sec 51.9 images/sec
Photo processing 166.2 images/sec 84.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.1 Mpixels/sec 37.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i9 13900K +35%
4667
Ryzen 9 5950X
3468
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 13900K +30%
59769
Ryzen 9 5950X
45854
Integer math 211.5 GOps/sec 189.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 154.6 GOps/sec 100.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 243M Primes/sec 238M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 90.7M Strings/sec 66.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 47.7 GBytes/sec 40 GBytes/sec
Data compression 813.6 MBytes/sec 628.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 3110 Frames/sec 1916 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 47.6B Matrices/sec 40.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13900K 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 i9-13900K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 No

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 16 32
Base Frequency (P) 3.0 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 -
E-Threads 16 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.2 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 24 16
Total Threads 32 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 30x 34x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (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 -
Socket LGA-1700 AM4
Peak temperature 100°C 95°C

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
Core i9 13900K
0.78 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 5950X
n/a

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official site Intel Core i9 13900K 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

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X or Intel Core i9 13900K?
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