AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Core i7-13700F. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 7000 Intel Core i 13000
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Core i7
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  5 13
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Intel Core i7-12700F
• Segment
  Desktop Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 7000 Series -

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

• Base Frequency
  4.5 GHz -
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Core Configuration
  16x -
• CPU Cores
  16 16
• CPU Threads
  32 24
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  5.7 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  5.5 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
  5.2 GHz -
• A-Core
  - 8x Raptor Cove
• A-Core Frequency
  - 2.10 GHz (5.20 GHz)
• B-Core
  - 8x Gracemont
• B-Core Frequency
  - 2.10 GHz (4.10 GHz)

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 Frequency
  2200 MHz -
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Graphics None
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo -
• Graphics Cores
  2 -

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-13700F and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 128 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  83.2 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)
• Memory type
  DDR5 DDR5-5600
• PCIe
  PCIe 5.0 5.0 x 20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and Intel Core i7-13700F 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
  170 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  170 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  230 W 202 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and Intel Core i7-13700F, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Raphael (Zen 4) Raptor Lake S
• Codename
  Raphael AM5 -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  16 MB 24 MB
• L3-Cache
  64 MB 30 MB
• Release date
  2022-09-27 Q1/2023
• Socket
  AM5 LGA 1700
• Technology
  TSMC 5nm FinFET 10 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Chip design
  - Monolithic
• Operating systems
  - Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux