AMD EPYC 9654 vs Intel Core i9-13900K. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD EPYC 9004 Intel Core i 13000
• Family
  AMD EPYC Intel Core i9
• Generation
  4 13
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i9-12900K
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  - No

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.4 GHz 3.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid
• Core Configuration
  96x Zen 4 -
• CPU Cores
  96 24
• CPU Threads
  192 32
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.7 GHz No
• Turbo Frequency (96 Cores)
  3.55 GHz -
• A-Core
  - 8x Raptor Cove / 3.80 GHz (5.70 GHz)
• B-Core
  - 16x Gracemont / 3.00 GHz (4.20 GHz)
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 32
• Generation
  - 12
• GPU Frequency
  - 400 MHz
• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1450 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 4
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 16 GB
• Release date
  - Q4/2022
• Shader
  - 256
• Technology
  - 10 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-13900K and AMD EPYC 9654. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  6144 GB 128 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  461 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
• Memory channels
  12 2
• Memory type
  DDR5-4800 DDR5-5600
• PCIe
  5.0 x 128 5.0 x 20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD EPYC 9654 and Intel Core i9-13900K Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  360 W 125 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 241 W
• TDP down
  320 W No
• TDP up
  400 W No

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD EPYC 9654 and Intel Core i9-13900K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Genoa (Zen 4) Raptor Lake S
• Chip design
  Chiplet -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  96 MB 32 MB
• L3-Cache
  384 MB 36 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11 -
• Part Number
  100-000000789 -
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q4/2022
• Release price
  11805 $ -
• Socket
  SP5 LGA 1700
• Technology
  5 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d