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

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

• Family
  Intel Core i9 AMD Ryzen 9
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 13000H AMD Ryzen 7000
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Generation
  13 6
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i9-12900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

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
  14 / 20 12 / 24
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes

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 96 (Alder Lake) AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.50 GHz 2.20 GHz
• Execution units
  96 2
• Shader
  768 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  4 3
• Generation
  13 9
• Direct X
  12.1 12
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2022

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and Intel Core i9-13900H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-5200LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-6400 DDR5-5200
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2 (Dual Channel)
• Bandwidth
  89.6 GB/s 83.2 GB/s
• ECC
  No Yes
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 5.0 x 24
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-13900H and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL2)
  115 W 230 W
• TDP down
  35 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-13900H and Intel Core i9-13900H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Chip design
  Monolithic Chiplet
• Socket
  BGA 1744 AM5 (LGA 1718)
• L2-Cache
  -- 12.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  24.00 MB 64.00 MB
• Architecture
  Raptor Lake H Raphael (Zen 4)
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q4/2022
• Release price
  700 $ 549 $
• Part Number
  -- 100-100000589WOF
• Documents
  Technical data sheet Technical data sheet