AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D vs Intel Core i7 13700KF

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D, vs Intel Core i7 13700KF. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D and Intel Core i7 13700KF
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 9900X3D
2190
Intel Core i7 13700KF
1978
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
38356
Intel Core i7 13700KF
30435
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
140
Intel Core i7 13700KF
122
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
2113
Intel Core i7 13700KF
1525
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
n/a
Intel Core i7 13700KF
4357
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
n/a
Intel Core i7 13700KF
46349
Integer Mathn/a155.3 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a115.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a194 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a63.1 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a33.5 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a601.5 MB/s
Physicsn/a2778 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a37 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
3274
Intel Core i7 13700KF
2814
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
19227
Intel Core i7 13700KF
18322
File Compression1650 MB/s1440 MB/s
Clang Compilation186.5 KLines/s163 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser327.7 pages/s433.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering525 MP/sec506.1 MP/sec
Text Processing350.9 pages/s287 pages/s
Background Blur73.3 frames/s73.9 frames/s
Photo Processing118.6 frames/s149.9 frames/s
Ray Tracing41.9 MP/sec37.3 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
n/a
Intel Core i7 13700KF
393.47

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 160.2 PPW 146.6 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 370.8 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 17.6 PPW 12.2 PPW
Blender / W n/a 3.15 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 27, 2022
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Raptor Lake
Model number 9900X3D i7-13700KF
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 12 8
Threads 24 16
Frequency 4.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.5 GHz 5.3 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a8
Threadsn/a8
Frequencyn/a2.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a4.2 GHz
General
Cores count1216
Threads count2424
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier43x34x
L1 cache80 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core2000 KB/core
L3 Cache128 MB total30 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 120 W 125 W
Max TDP (Boost) 230 W 253 W
Socket AM5 LGA-1700
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max Size 192 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

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D the clear winner in this comparison.

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