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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Core i9-13900. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q4/2022
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Released
Q1/2023
Overall score
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Intel Core i9-13900
Intel Core i9-13900

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or Intel Core i9-13900? Which processor is faster?

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

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X has a maximum frequency of 4.50 GHz. 16 / 32 Cores. Power consumption of 170 W. Released in Q4/2022.

Intel Core i9-13900 has a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz (5.60 GHz). 24 / 32 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q1/2023.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    3 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 56% better clock speed

    4.50 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz (5.60 GHz)

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 7950X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    12 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    13 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    20 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    12 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    7 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    4 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    7 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    28 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    16 place
  • Blender 3.1 Benchmark
    3 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    7 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    12 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    25 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 1.5 times more cores

    24 left arrow 16
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.38 times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 170 W

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    4 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    20 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    14 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    17 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    21 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    52 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    353 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    176 place
  • CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)
    3 place
  • CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
    10 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    13 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    16 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Intel Core i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i9
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 7000 left arrow Intel Core i 13000
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Generation
    5 left arrow 13
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 9 5950X left arrow Intel Core i9-12900
CPU Technical specs

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.

  • CPU Cores / Threads
    16 / 32 left arrow 24 / 32
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
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
    no iGPU left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 770
  • GPU frequency
    -- left arrow 0.30 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow 1.50 GHz
  • Execution units
    -- left arrow 32
  • Shader
    -- left arrow 256
  • Max. GPU Memory
    -- left arrow 64 GB
  • Max. displays
    -- left arrow 3
  • Generation
    -- left arrow 11
  • Direct X
    -- left arrow 12
  • Technology
    -- left arrow 10 nm
  • Release date
    -- left arrow Q4/2021
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow Decode
  • AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-13900 and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR5-5200 left arrow DDR5-5600
  • Max. Memory
    256 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2 (Dual Channel)
  • Bandwidth
    83.2 GB/s left arrow 89.6 GB/s
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • PCIe
    5.0 x 20 left arrow 5.0 x 20
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and Intel Core i9-13900 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    170 W left arrow 65 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    230 W left arrow 202 W
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow 100 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • 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
    8.00 MB left arrow 32.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    64.00 MB left arrow 36.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Raphael (Zen 4) left arrow Raptor Lake S
  • Technology
    5 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • Socket
    AM5 left arrow LGA 1700
  • Release date
    Q4/2022 left arrow Q1/2023

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and Intel Core i9-13900.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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
1989
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
2165
Intel Core i9-13900
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
38293
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
32605
Intel Core i9-13900
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
2128
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
2130
Intel Core i9-13900

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