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

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  13 5
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 13000 AMD Ryzen 7000
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i7-12700K AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
• Successor
  No --

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.

• Frequency
  3.40 GHz 4.50 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  hybrid normal

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
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz --
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.45 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  32 --
• Shader
  256 --
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB --
• Max. displays
  4 --
• Generation
  12 --
• Technology
  10 nm --
• Release date
  Q4/2022 --

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

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

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

• Memory type
  DDR5-5600 DDR5-5200
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 256 GB
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 5.0 x 20
• Bandwidth
  89.8 GB/s 83.2 GB/s

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-13700K and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 170 W
• TDP up
  No --
• TDP (PL2)
  241 W 230 W
• TDP down
  No --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-13700K and Intel Core i7-13700K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  22.00 MB 8.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  30.00 MB 64.00 MB
• Architecture
  Raptor Lake S Raphael (Zen 4)
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1700 AM5
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q4/2022