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Intel Core i9-13900F vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q1/2023
Intel Core i9-13900F
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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

What's the best choice Intel Core i9-13900F or AMD Ryzen 9 7900X? Which processor is faster?

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

Intel Core i9-13900F has a base frequency of 2.00 GHz (5.60 GHz). 24 / 32 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in Q1/2023.

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X has a base frequency of 4.7 GHz. 12 / 24 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 170 W. Released in 2022-09-27.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    14 left arrow place
  • More number of cores

    12 more cores

    24 left arrow 12
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 170 W

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    5 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    18 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    9 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    14 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    11 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    22 place
  • CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)
    2 place
  • CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
    2 place
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    21 left arrow place

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 7900X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    13 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    23 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    13 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    18 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    2 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    10 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    3 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    23 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    536 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    11 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i9-13900F Intel Core i9-13900F
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 13000 left arrow AMD Ryzen 7000
  • Family
    Intel Core i9 left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    13 left arrow 6
  • Predecessor
    Intel Core i9-12900F left arrow AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen 7000 Series
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
    8x Raptor Cove left arrow -
  • A-Core Frequency
    2.00 GHz (5.60 GHz) left arrow -
  • B-Core
    16x Gracemont left arrow -
  • B-Core Frequency
    2.00 GHz (4.20 GHz) left arrow -
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    24 left arrow 12
  • CPU Threads
    32 left arrow 24
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Base Frequency
    - left arrow 4.7 GHz
  • Core Configuration
    - left arrow 12x
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 5.6 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    - left arrow 5.6 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
    - left arrow 5.4 GHz
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 AMD Radeon Graphics
  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 2
  • Generation
    - left arrow 9
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 2200 MHz
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow 2200 MHz
  • Graphics Cores
    - left arrow 2
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 8 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q3/2022
  • Shader
    - left arrow 128
  • Technology
    - left arrow 5 nm
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • 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 / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and Intel Core i9-13900F. 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 Bandwidth
    89.6 GB/s left arrow 83.2 GB/s
  • Memory channels
    2 (Dual Channel) left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR5-5600 left arrow DDR5
  • PCIe
    5.0 x 20 left arrow 5.0 x 24
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-13900F and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    100 °C left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    65 W left arrow 170 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    202 W left arrow 230 W
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 170 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-13900F and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Raptor Lake S left arrow Raphael (Zen 4)
  • Chip design
    Monolithic left arrow Chiplet
  • Documents
    - left arrow Technical data sheet
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
  • L2-Cache
    32 MB left arrow 12 MB
  • L3-Cache
    36 MB left arrow 64 MB
  • Operating systems
    Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux left arrow Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
  • Part Number
    - left arrow 100-100000589WOF
  • Release date
    Q1/2023 left arrow 2022-09-27
  • Release price
    - left arrow 549 $
  • Socket
    LGA 1700 left arrow AM5
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow TSMC 5nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Codename
    - left arrow Raphael AM5

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 2

Blender Cycles

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

Test and settingsIntel Core i9-13900F AMD Ryzen 9 7900XResult difference¹
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows 395.646202 samples/min Submissions: 11 396.197227 samples/min Submissions: 309 +0.1 %
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows 445.083979 samples/min Submissions: 7 412.755161 samples/min Submissions: 318 -7.3 %

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.

Intel Core i9-13900F

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

More results: 7

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
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Cinebench R15 / multi-core 4856 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Cinebench R15 / single-core 324 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Cinebench R20 / multi-core 11563 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Cinebench R20 / single-core 786 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Cinebench R23 / multi-core 29480 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Cinebench R23 / single-core 2039 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
System RAM: 32 GB

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.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 24 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 15051.853636 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 24 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASRock / B650M-HDV/M.2 White
Duration: 66.437 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

RandomX / XMRig 6.22.1 / 1M / 32 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i9-13900F 9449.652253 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.22.1 / 1M / 32 threads / windows
System RAM: 64 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Duration: 105.824 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Core i9-13900F and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X.

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.

2165.000000
Intel Core i9-13900F
2041.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
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.

32605.000000
Intel Core i9-13900F
29516.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
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.

872.000000
Intel Core i9-13900F
781.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
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.

12375.000000
Intel Core i9-13900F
11572.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
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.

2130.000000
Intel Core i9-13900F
2226.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
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.

20131.000000
Intel Core i9-13900F
19932.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

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