intel core i9 13900k vs amd ryzen 9 5950x

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We compared two CPUs Intel Core i9 13900K (Desktop) 24-cores against AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (Desktop) 16-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between Intel Core i9 13900K and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900K
  • Newer released 2 years later
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Around 38.4 GB/s (43%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 14% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.7 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5 RAM
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
  • Consumes up to 58% less energy than the Intel Core i9 13900K – 105 vs 253 Watt
  • Has 28 MB larger L3 cache size

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
2076
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
37129
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4642
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
59414
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
3051
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
21601

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i9 13900k and ryzen 9 5950x

General

Intel Core i9 13900K AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Vendor Intel AMD
Released September 27 2022 October 8 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake, Raptor Cove, Gracemont Vermeer
Socket FCLGA1700 AM4
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 -

Performance

Intel Core i9 13900K AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Cores 24 16
Threads 32 32
Base Frequency 3 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 5.7 GHz 4.9 GHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2 MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 36 MB (shared) 64 MB
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Power

Intel Core i9 13900K AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Fabrication process Intel 7 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125-253 W 105 W
Max. temperature 100°C °C

Memory support

Intel Core i9 13900K AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Memory types DDR5, DDR4 DDR4-3200
Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 51.196 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

iGPU

Intel Core i9 13900K AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1.65 MHz MHz
Shading Units 256
TMUs 16
ROPs 8
Execution Units 32
TGP 15 W W
iGPU FLOPS
0.78 TFLOPS
TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i9 13900K AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Official site Intel Core i9 13900K official page AMD Ryzen 9 5950X official page
PCI Express Version 5 4
PCI Express Lanes 20

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X or Intel Core i9 13900K?