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Intel Core i9 13900KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

82 out of 100
Intel Core i9 13900KF
VS
85 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Intel Core i9 13900KF
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.0 GHz Intel Core i9 13900KF 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

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
29.9
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7950X and 13900KF
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900KF
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Around 6.4 GB/s (8%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 28 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.7 GHz vs 5.4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 13900KF
vs
Ryzen 9 7950X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 679
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 8943
Cinebench Scores (34th and 18th 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 13900KF
20166
Ryzen 9 7950X +6%
21401
File compression 1590 MB/sec 1960 MB/sec
Clang compilation 195 Klines/sec 211.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 485.7 pages/sec 414.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 531.3 Mpixels/sec 540.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 296.4 pages/sec 304.8 pages/sec
Background blur 72.3 images/sec 78.9 images/sec
Photo processing 153.2 images/sec 148.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 44 Mpixels/sec 46.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 877 & 1055 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 13900KF
57456
Ryzen 9 7950X +8%
62139
Integer math 205.7 GOps/sec 224.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 150 GOps/sec 137.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 223M Primes/sec 333M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 86.1M Strings/sec 98.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 45.9 GBytes/sec 49.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 780.9 MBytes/sec 831.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 2958 Frames/sec 3073 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 45.8B Matrices/sec 61.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4726 & 8748 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 13900KF
536.55
Ryzen 9 7950X +7%
576.1

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.2 PPW 12.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 161.3 PPW 125.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 459.6 PPW 365.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.29 PPW 3.39 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 13900KF
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-23 (mvlad)Cinebench 2024133 / 2158
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-26 (blayk11)Geekbench 6 CPU3068 / 19278
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-26 (blayk11)Cinebench 2024129 / 2089
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-03 -> mazdapride89Cinebench 2024125 / 1896
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-03 -> mazdapride89Geekbench 6 CPU3193 / 20791
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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-25 (Leandro Irgang)Cinebench 2026679 / 8943
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-25 (VikTOR)Cinebench 2024125 / 2213
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-07 (Gerard)Cinebench 2026627 / 8337
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-17 (RipePipe)Cinebench 2024118 / 1956
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-28 (Mirage_Tahmid)Cinebench 2024118 / 1966
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13900KF 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 No Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Intel Core i9 13900K
Successor - Intel Core i9 14900KF - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Intel CPU rating (#13th place)

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 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (20th and 18th 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 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 83.2 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 13900KF 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

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