AMD EPYC 7773X vs Intel Core i9-13980HX. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD EPYC 7003 Intel Core i 13000H
• Family
  AMD EPYC Intel Core i9
• Generation
  3 13
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile

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

• Base Frequency
  2.2 GHz -
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Core Configuration
  64x Zen 3 -
• CPU Cores
  64 24
• CPU Threads
  128 32
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.5 GHz -
• A-Core
  - 8x Raptor Cove
• A-Core Frequency
  - 2.10 GHz (5.60 GHz)
• B-Core
  - 16x Gracemont
• B-Core Frequency
  - 1.80 GHz (3.90 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.

• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 32
• Generation
  - 11
• GPU Frequency
  - 300 MHz
• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1500 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 64 GB
• Release date
  - Q4/2021
• Shader
  - 256
• Technology
  - 10 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-13980HX and AMD EPYC 7773X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  4096 GB 128 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  204.8 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
• Memory channels
  8 (Octa Channel) 2 (Dual Channel)
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200DDR5-5600LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• PCIe
  4.0 x 128 5.0 x 20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD EPYC 7773X and Intel Core i9-13980HX 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
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  280 W 55 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 157 W
• TDP down
  225 W 45 W
• TDP up
  - 86 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD EPYC 7773X and Intel Core i9-13980HX, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Milan (Zen 3) Raptor Lake H
• Chip design
  Chiplet Monolithic
• 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
  32 MB 32 MB
• L3-Cache
  768 MB 36 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Linux Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q1/2023
• Release price
  8800 $ -
• Socket
  SP3 BGA 1744
• Technology
  7 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d