Intel Core i9 9900K vs i7 13700K
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i9 9900K 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
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
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700K
- Newer - released 4-years and 1-month later
- Around 48 GB/s (115%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 8 more physical cores
- Has 14336 KB larger L3 cache size
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
- 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 5 GHz)
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Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression | - | 1680 MB/sec |
Clang compilation | - | 159.6 Klines/sec |
HTML 5 Browser | - | 493.6 pages/sec |
PDF Renderer | - | 532.5 Mpixels/sec |
Text processing | - | 278.3 pages/sec |
Background blur | - | 74.8 images/sec |
Photo processing | - | 170.7 images/sec |
Ray tracing | - | 36.6 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math | 66.3 GOps/sec | 156.5 GOps/sec |
Floating point math | 41.3 GOps/sec | 116.5 GOps/sec |
Find prime numbers | 47M Primes/sec | 202M Primes/sec |
Random string sorting | 37M Strings/sec | 64.8M Strings/sec |
Data encryption | 6.7 GBytes/sec | 33.9 GBytes/sec |
Data compression | 286 MBytes/sec | 606.7 MBytes/sec |
Physics | 942 Frames/sec | 2731 Frames/sec |
Extended instructions | 19B Matrices/sec | 37.3B Matrices/sec |
Value for money
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Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 9900K and i7 13700KGeneral
Vendor | Intel | Intel |
Released | October 8, 2018 | September 27, 2022 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
Codename | Coffee Lake | Raptor Lake |
Model number | i9-9900K | i7-13700K |
Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 630 | UHD Graphics 770 |
CPU
P-Cores | 8 | 8 |
P-Threads | 16 | 16 |
Base Frequency (P) | 3.6 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5 GHz | 5.3 GHz |
E-Cores | - | 8 |
E-Threads | - | 8 |
Base Frequency (E) | - | 2.5 GHz |
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | - | 4.2 GHz |
Total Cores | 8 | 16 |
Total Threads | 16 | 24 |
Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
Multiplier | 36x | 34x |
Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s | - |
L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 2MB (per core) |
L3 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 30MB (shared) |
Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
Fabrication process | 14 nm | 10 nm |
TDP (PL1) | 95 W | 125 W |
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 253 W |
Socket | LGA-1151 | LGA-1700 |
Peak temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
iGPU
Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Intel UHD Graphics 770 |
GPU Base Clock | 350 MHz | 300 MHz |
GPU Boost Clock | 1200 MHz | 1600 MHz |
Shading Units | 192 | 256 |
TMUs | 24 | 16 |
ROPs | 3 | 8 |
Execution Units | 24 | 32 |
TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
Max. Resolution | 4096x2304 - 60 Hz | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
Memory types | - DDR4-2666 | - DDR5-5600 - DDR4-3200 |
Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
Max. Memory Bandwidth | 41.6 GB/s | 89.6 GB/s |
ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
Official site | Intel Core i9 9900K official page | Intel Core i7 13700K official page |
PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 5.0 |
PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 20 |
Extended instructions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2 | - |
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