Intel Core i7 13700F vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i7 13700F, vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i7 13700F and AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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)
Intel Core i7 13700F
1997
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
1568
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i7 13700F
25699
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
20634
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 13700F
112
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
93
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 13700F
765
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
1268
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 13700F
4124
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3470
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i7 13700F
38628
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39047
Integer Math142.3 GOps/s141.3 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math101.3 GOps/s77.7 GOps/s
Prime Number Search156 M primes/s257 M primes/s
Random String Sort50.3 M strings/s51.7 M strings/s
Data Encryption27.2 GB/s31.2 GB/s
Data Compression476.1 MB/s500.6 MB/s
Physics2245 frames/s1998 frames/s
Extended Instructions286 M matrices/s331 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 13700F
2690
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
2263
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i7 13700F
16660
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12701
File Compression1340 MB/s1170 MB/s
Clang Compilation148.5 KLines/s126 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser393.9 pages/s217.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering430.5 MP/sec362 MP/sec
Text Processing274.4 pages/s232 pages/s
Background Blur67.3 frames/s38.7 frames/s
Photo Processing138.4 frames/s85.1 frames/s
Ray Tracing35.1 MP/sec31.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i7 13700F
319.98
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
316.84

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 256.3 PPW 121 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 594.3 PPW 371.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 11.8 PPW 12.1 PPW
Blender / W 4.92 PPW 3.02 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced January, 3, 2023 October, 8, 2020
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i7-13700F n/a
Integrated GPU No No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 12
Threads 16 24
Frequency 2.1 GHz 3.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.1 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores8n/a
Threads8n/a
Frequency1.5 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)4.1 GHzn/a
General
Cores count1612
Threads count2424
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier21x37x
L1 cache80 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache2000 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache30 MB total64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 4.15 billion
Process tech. 10 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 105 W
Max TDP (Boost) 219 W 142 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM4
Critical temp. 100 °C 90 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200
Max Size 192 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth 89.6 GB 47.68 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core i7 13700F the clear winner in this comparison.

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