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

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2020-11-05
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
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Intel Core i9-13900K
Intel Core i9-13900K

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 9 5950X or Intel Core i9-13900K? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X has a base frequency of 3.4 GHz. 16 / 32 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 105 W. Released in 2020-11-05.

Intel Core i9-13900K has a base frequency of 3.80 GHz. 24 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 125 W. Released in Q4/2022.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    24 left arrow place
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    105 W left arrow 125 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 5950X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    50 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    25 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    32 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    23 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    10 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    12 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    97 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    32 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    18 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    15 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    7 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 12% better clock speed

    3.80 GHz left arrow 3.4 GHz
  • More number of cores

    8 more cores

    24 left arrow 16

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-13900K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    2 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    11 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    7 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    10 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    9 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    15 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    446 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Intel Core i9-13900K Intel Core i9-13900K
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000 left arrow Intel Core i 13000
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i9
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow -
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 13
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 9 3950X left arrow Intel Core i9-12900K
  • Segment
    Desktop left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Series
    Ryzen 5000 Series left arrow -
  • Successor
    - left arrow No
CPU Technical specs

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

  • A-Core
    - left arrow 8x Raptor Cove / 3.80 GHz (5.70 GHz)
  • B-Core
    - left arrow 16x Gracemont / 3.00 GHz (4.20 GHz)
  • Base Frequency
    3.4 GHz left arrow 3.8 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow hybrid
  • CPU Cores
    16 left arrow 24
  • CPU Threads
    32 left arrow 32
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4.9 GHz left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.9 GHz left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
    4.2 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
    - left arrow No turbo
IGPU

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
    None left arrow Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32
  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 32
  • Generation
    - left arrow 12
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 400 MHz
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow 1450 MHz
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 4
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 16 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q4/2022
  • Shader
    - left arrow 256
  • Technology
    - left arrow 10 nm
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow Decode
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

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

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4 left arrow DDR5-5600
  • PCIe
    PCIe 4.0 left arrow 5.0 x 20
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow -
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow -
  • System Memory Specification
    3200 left arrow -
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 89.6 GB/s
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 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.

  • Default TDP
    105 W left arrow -
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    90 °C left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    105 W left arrow 125 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    142 W left arrow 241 W
  • TDP down
    - left arrow No
  • TDP up
    - left arrow No
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and Intel Core i9-13900K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Vermeer (Zen 3) left arrow Raptor Lake S
  • Codename
    Vermeer left arrow -
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
  • L2-Cache
    8 MB left arrow 32 MB
  • L3-Cache
    64 MB left arrow 36 MB
  • Release date
    2020-11-05 left arrow Q4/2022
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 1700
  • Technology
    TSMC 7nm FinFET left arrow 10 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 15

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settingsAMD Ryzen 9 5950X Intel Core i9-13900KResult difference¹
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows 409.462285 samples/min Submissions: 60 511.547382 samples/min Submissions: 12 +24.9 %
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows 403.442035 samples/min Submissions: 97 521.395074 samples/min Submissions: 10 +29.2 %
Blender 5.1.0 / CPU / Windows 400.34828 samples/min Submissions: 28 508.883555 samples/min Submissions: 11 +27.1 %
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Linux 450.340522 samples/min Submissions: 124 543.710413 samples/min Submissions: 11 +20.7 %
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows 377.12565 samples/min Submissions: 367 483.50998 samples/min Submissions: 68 +28.2 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Linux 437.509276 samples/min Submissions: 48 523.732424 samples/min Submissions: 6 +19.7 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows 366.710742 samples/min Submissions: 203 464.937348 samples/min Submissions: 67 +26.8 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Linux 466.729065 samples/min Submissions: 88 592.433754 samples/min Submissions: 6 +26.9 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows 363.828367 samples/min Submissions: 286 466.656168 samples/min Submissions: 123 +28.3 %
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Linux 450.596613 samples/min Submissions: 102 536.977328 samples/min Submissions: 9 +19.2 %
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows 359.342965 samples/min Submissions: 354 480.196647 samples/min Submissions: 241 +33.6 %
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Linux 488.996915 samples/min Submissions: 45 569.007612 samples/min Submissions: 12 +16.4 %
More tests: 3
Test and settingsAMD Ryzen 9 5950X Intel Core i9-13900KResult difference¹
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows 387.130994 samples/min Submissions: 162 487.07809 samples/min Submissions: 173 +25.8 %
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Linux 485.266435 samples/min Submissions: 117 596.916385 samples/min Submissions: 18 +23.0 %
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows 373.225213 samples/min Submissions: 340 506.012269 samples/min Submissions: 251 +35.6 %

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Intel Core i9-13900K

Results with primary test sources

Published measurements are separate from the archived index. Incomplete conditions and unknown run counts do not support ranking positions or calculated performance differences.

Model TestResultReported conditions
Intel Core i9-13900K Cinebench R15 / multi-core 6191 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
Intel Core i9-13900K Cinebench R15 / single-core 327 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
Intel Core i9-13900K Cinebench R20 / multi-core 15181 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
Intel Core i9-13900K Cinebench R20 / single-core 828 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
Intel Core i9-13900K Cinebench R23 / multi-core 40103 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
Intel Core i9-13900K Cinebench R23 / single-core 2267 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

Cinebench 2026 / single core with SMT

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 511 points System: 5950X, RX 7900 GRE, 32 GB
CPU / power label: 5950X, RX 7900 GRE, 32 GB
Source minimum runtime: 0 minutes.
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench 2024 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 1625 points System: Ryzen 9 5950X, 64 GB
CPU / power label: Ryzen 9 5950X, 64 GB
Source minimum runtime: 0 minutes.
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench 2024 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 102 points System: Ryzen 9 5950X, 64 GB
CPU / power label: Ryzen 9 5950X, 64 GB
Source minimum runtime: 0 minutes.
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 10M / 32 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i9-13900K 9028.644277 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 10M / 32 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASRock / B760M-H2/M.2
Duration: 1107.586 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Cinebench R23 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 28782 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @ Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @ Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R23 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 1684 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @ Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @ Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 10435 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 649 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and Intel Core i9-13900K.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1639.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
2267.000000
Intel Core i9-13900K
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

28641.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
38460.000000
Intel Core i9-13900K
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

647.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
888.000000
Intel Core i9-13900K
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

10428.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
14820.000000
Intel Core i9-13900K
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1657.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
2147.000000
Intel Core i9-13900K
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

16942.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
23982.000000
Intel Core i9-13900K

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