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Intel Core i9 13900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Intel Core i9 13900K
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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Intel Core i9 13900K
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.0 GHz Intel Core i9 13900K with 24-cores against the 4.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 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 (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
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 7950X and 13900K
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900K
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Around 16.2 GB/s (22%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 28672 KB larger L3 cache size
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.7 GHz vs 5.4 GHz)
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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 7950X

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Core i9 13900K +11%
2220
Ryzen 9 7950X
2001
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 13900K +4%
38260
Ryzen 9 7950X
36715
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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 13900K +4%
21250
Ryzen 9 7950X
20356
File compression 1650 MB/sec 1720 MB/sec
Clang compilation 203.6 Klines/sec 222.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 548.7 pages/sec 370.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 579.8 Mpixels/sec 531.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 318.2 pages/sec 302.2 pages/sec
Background blur 61.4 images/sec 78.3 images/sec
Photo processing 166.2 images/sec 127.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.1 Mpixels/sec 51.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 13900K
59769
Ryzen 9 7950X +6%
63392
Integer math 211.5 GOps/sec 228.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 154.6 GOps/sec 139.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 243M Primes/sec 357M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 90.7M Strings/sec 102.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 47.7 GBytes/sec 49.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 813.6 MBytes/sec 842.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 3110 Frames/sec 3100 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 47.6B Matrices/sec 62.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13900K and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

General

Vendor Intel AMD
Released September 27, 2022 August 29, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number i9-13900K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 16 32
Base Frequency (P) 3.0 GHz 4.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.7 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 45x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 13.1 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

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 1500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 256 448
TMUs 16 8
ROPs 8 4
Execution Units 32 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 13900K
0.78 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 7950X
1.43 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-5200
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 73.4 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official site Intel Core i9 13900K official page AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 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 7950X or Intel Core i9 13900K?
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tech work256 08 February 2023 18:46
The core i9 13900k has better performance than ryzen 9 7950x. and this site shows the core i9 13900k turbo boost frequency is 5.4ghz but the core i9 13900k turbo boost frequency is 5.8ghz.
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Serhii 08 February 2023 18:59
5.4 GHz for all cores but 5.8 GHz for sinle core.
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yolo 31 January 2023 05:55
Gotta go intel to avoid Intel Math Kernel Throttling (Not sure how times have changed though). Otherwise would have gone with AMD.
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Someone 31 December 2022 07:46
What about the price? The AMD is not worth it. Intel also has more performance, and you can underclock it and lose only a tiny bit.
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Random Guy 09 January 2023 08:26
Are you sure about that?? This site shows test results that 13900K loses more performance than 7950X in lower TDPs. 7950X could still perform up to almost 50% at 35 watts and 80% at 65 watts while 13900K could only maintain 50% performance at 65 watts https://www.anandtech.com/show/17641/lighter-touch-cpu-power-scaling-13900k-7950x/4
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WTF 06 November 2022 02:37
Wow, this is some odd specs. Who runs this page? Do some actual research.
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Sergey 06 November 2022 11:11
Can you give us more specific info? Thank you.
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5,8ghz 10 November 2022 07:12
Sergey, Intel Core i9 turbo boost 5,8GHz.
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Sergey 11 November 2022 12:26
5,8ghz, It's for single core, not for all cores.
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Jeffrey 21 November 2022 04:24
Sergey, Yes indeed but the 7950x boost clock is 5.7 and the 13900k boost clock is 5.4 but the problem is that is marked only in 5.4ghz.
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amd fanboyx 17 March 2023 08:44
Jeffrey, AMD 7950X Will never hit 5.7 all core with stock setting!!
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Parham 01 November 2022 11:59
just undervolt your 7950X by setting "All Core Curve Optimizer Magnitude" to Negative 10 or Negative 15 and overclock it by 150 or 250 MHz and set PBO on. it will drop your temps by 20C and reduces power consumption by a lot and increase your game fps by a lot.
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Nobody 28 November 2022 09:59
The fact that I understood nothing means that, I have too much to learn.
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im not givin out my name 01 December 2022 18:57
Nobody, I understand it, you'll learn eventually. you lower voltage and increase speed, it results in faster and cooler.
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Will 29 October 2022 15:55
Ummm... Sadly this review is pretty false. Not being a great fan of Intel cpus, I must say that i9 13900K has more raw power than 7950x. And it's not just one site like the other people have to see the wrong result, but it is actually a fact, not a lie. Intel did really push themselves with their 12th and 13h Gen processor and I'm glad to see them back in the spotlight. And on another note, nanoreview is not providing accurate results and I expect some kind of falsehood in this. I was able to detect the same problem with the comparison of 2 smartphone chipsets, one from snapdragon and another from MediaTek. The snapdragon chipset showed major superiority even though other sites did show varying results. Nanoreview shouldn't let down its users like this. Provide accurate numbers. Pls.
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JustHanSolo 20 October 2022 18:10
Intel cheats away every day and they are paying review sites and have dodgy tdp claims and benchmarks...
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Will 29 October 2022 16:03
First of all, I'm not a fan of Intel. AMD has been making fun of Intel chips for such a long time that they have finally improved. Like this test man. Unfortunately is incorrect. We need to appreciate someone in case they have outdone the best.
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Paul 19 April 2023 16:18
Average AMD fanboy not admitting the correct benchmarks.
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Tony 30 September 2022 21:46
Is this based on a leak? Pretty slim comparison if not.
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Scoony 27 September 2022 23:42
Weird comparison. Intel is using P cores and E cores, more total cores but less real powerful cores (16 for AMD and only 8 for Intel)... it's a desktop CPU. Power efficiency, when playing or using the CPU the AMD will reach 230W max, the max on the Intel is 350W for the unlimited mode and 250W for the limited mode... so unless you are not using your computer, AMD is better. According to Anandtech the 7950X is 0.56 TFLOPS (all details to complete the article on their review)
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anonymous 03 October 2022 19:20
Why does it matter that it has two different types of cores? For tasks like gaming or Photoshop, 8 powerful cores are more than enough. For multithreaded tasks like video editing, the program can take advantage of both types of cores, and Intel has more total cores (24 vs 16), which offsets the lower number of high-performance cores. TDP has nothing to do with power efficiency. I can't find numbers with power consumption while browsing the web, but idle power consumption on an i9-12900k is 8 watts (so maybe 10-12 watts on the 13900K), while on the Ryzen 9 7950X it's 30 watts. Gamer's Nexus also has the Ryzen 9 7950X drawing over 250 watts, so the 230 watts is clearly not a hard limit. I'm not saying the 13900K is more power efficient in all tasks, but your statement is misleading. I would also not trust the Cinebench scores, as the i9-12900K consistently scores over 2000 points without OC, while this is showing 1918 for the 13900K, which is supposed to have a 13% single-threaded gain over the 12900K.
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muffly 17 February 2023 17:55
anonymous, idk, my 12600k idles at 30-40w with nothing open.
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Amd Fanboyx 17 March 2023 08:47
muffly, idk, my 7600x idles at 50-60w with nothing open.
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Mark's heir 08 September 2022 16:39
I'm a little concerned about the reported heat the 7950x generates. I don't have an AC in the basement I rent. Lol.
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Scoony 27 September 2022 23:47
According to AMD, the 90/95°C temperature is "normal" it's the optimal temperature for those CPUs. Basically, the CPU will reach easily above 90°C then if your power supply delivers enough and if your liquid cooling is efficient then the CPU will increase its the frequency (will still stay at 95°C). If not enough power or bad liquid cooling then the same temperature but lower frequency and throttling (not stable in frequency).
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foopy 05 October 2022 18:11
Scoony, what do you mean by efficient cooling? will I have to take the ihs off and direct die cool it with a custom liquid nitrogen loop with a 560mm radiator and enough kyronaut to solve all of the worlds water problems?
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Why… 06 October 2022 23:50
Scoony, 99C is pretty much normal💀
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Oscar 07 October 2022 11:50
Broski, it's the wattage that matters when it comes to how much heat your CPU will radiate, not the specific temperature of the CPU. This a common misconception, but it's true.
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Bicccckeljejr 08 October 2022 14:29
So I own a 7950X with a 360 AIO. It idles around 25-30 degrees. When gaming it doesn’t go above 60-70 and under stress tests like cinebench is the only time I see it hitting 95. So this whole 95 thermal limit is a joke.
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Yodabol 22 October 2022 21:54
Wattage is all that matters. The temperature of a part the size of a potato chip is not what heats the room, it's the total wattage.
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tesgtrgtr 31 October 2022 16:33
Oscar, its voltage as well, which is a huge factor.
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Mark 19 August 2022 08:03
This information for the power draw is incorrect. It's based on the manufacturer's claimed TDP. If you look at 13900k power draw it is sustaining 270 Watts stock boost and 340Watts when power limits are removed in current benchmark leaks using an engineering sample. In the leaks, which were presumably with a different chip to the one used above. The stock gave a cinebench score of 34000 and the unlimited gave 40000.
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