AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core i9-13900. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Intel Core i9
• Generation
  4 13
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000 Intel Core i 13000
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Intel Core i9-12900

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)

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

• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
• GPU frequency
  -- 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.50 GHz
• Execution units
  -- 32
• Shader
  -- 256
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 64 GB
• Max. displays
  -- 3
• Generation
  -- 11
• Technology
  -- 10 nm
• Release date
  -- Q4/2021

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-13900 and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR5-5600
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and Intel Core i9-13900 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  105 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  142 W 202 W
• Tjunction max.
  95 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  8.00 MB 32.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  64.00 MB 36.00 MB
• Architecture
  Vermeer (Zen 3) Raptor Lake S
• Technology
  7 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  AM4 LGA 1700
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q1/2023