AMD Ryzen 9 7900 vs Intel Core i7 13700

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 7900, vs Intel Core i7 13700. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Intel Core i7 13700
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
1959
Intel Core i7 13700
2008
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
24444
Intel Core i7 13700
25369
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
116
Intel Core i7 13700
116
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
2119
Intel Core i7 13700
967
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
4142
Intel Core i7 13700
4108
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
48540
Intel Core i7 13700
36640
Integer Math165.2 GOps/s139.8 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math98.4 GOps/s98.4 GOps/s
Prime Number Search381 M primes/s149 M primes/s
Random String Sort68.5 M strings/s46.7 M strings/s
Data Encryption34.9 GB/s25.8 GB/s
Data Compression581 MB/s447 MB/s
Physics3060 frames/s2080 frames/s
Extended Instructions425 M matrices/s268 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
2947
Intel Core i7 13700
2817
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
17401
Intel Core i7 13700
16321
File Compression1690 MB/s1250 MB/s
Clang Compilation149.9 KLines/s147.2 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser341.4 pages/s360.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering481.5 MP/sec466.6 MP/sec
Text Processing299.8 pages/s285.4 pages/s
Background Blur70.3 frames/s66.7 frames/s
Photo Processing119.8 frames/s122.9 frames/s
Ray Tracing31 MP/sec34.1 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
397.08
Intel Core i7 13700
352.92

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 267.7 PPW 251.1 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 746.8 PPW 563.7 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 32.6 PPW 14.9 PPW
Blender / W 6.11 PPW 5.43 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced January, 10, 2023 January, 3, 2023
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Raptor Lake
Model number n/a i7-13700
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) UHD Graphics 770

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 12 8
Threads 24 16
Frequency 3.7 GHz 2.1 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.4 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a8
Threadsn/a8
Frequencyn/a1.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a4.1 GHz
General
Cores count1216
Threads count2424
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier37x21x
L1 cache64 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core2000 KB/core
L3 Cache64 MB total30 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 13.1 billion n/a
Process tech. 5 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 142 W 219 W
Socket AM5 LGA-1700
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5200 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max Size 128 GB 192 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 89.6 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 20

Results

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