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AMD Ryzen 9 7900 vs Intel Core i9-9980XE vs Intel Core i5-13600K

AMD Ryzen 9 7900

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The AMD Ryzen 9 79 00 is a high-end desktop processorfrom the Raphael series with 12 cores and hyperthreading (SMT), which means it can process up to 24 threads simultaneously. Launched in early 2023, the Ryzen 9 7900 is the fastest 12-core processor with 65 watts TDP.

The Ryzen 9 7900 clocks at 3.7 GHz base clock and reaches up to 5.4 GHz on one core in Turbo mode. This is also the difference to the higher clocked Ryzen 9 7900X.

At first glance, the internal structure of the processor has not changed fundamentally. The AMD Ryzen 9 7900 is still based on the chiplet design consisting of two CCD clusters, each containing a CCX with 8 cores. However, the manufacturing process has been scaled down to 5 nm, which ensures higher clock rates. There is also the IO die, which contains the memory controller and the iGPU, among other things. This is now manufactured in a 6 nm structure width.

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900 can impress in games thanks to the significantly improved IPC.

Intel Core i9-9980XE

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The Intel Core i9-9980XE is a high end desktop / workstation processor based on the Sky Lake-X Refresh series. It integrates 18 processor cores based on the Sky Lake-X architecture that clock between 3 and 4.4 GHz (Turbo Boost 3.0). Thanks to HyperThreading the CPU can handle up to 36 threads at once. The individual cores are connected by a mesh instead of the ring bus in the consumer CPUs.

The performance in multi-threaded applications of the 18 core CPU is excellent, however in gaming and workloads with less threads, fast clocked consumer CPUs like the Core i9-9900K are faster.

The CPU is specified with a TDP of 165 Watt and therefore needs a big and capable cooling system.

Intel Core i5-13600K

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The Intel Core i5-13600K is a fast mid-range desktop processor of the Raptor Lake series. It includes a hybrid architecture for the CPU cores with combined 14 cores. Six fast Raptor Cove performance cores (P-cores) with HyperThreading and a clock speed of 3.5 - 5.1 GHz and eight Gracemont efficiency cores without HyperThreading and a clock speed of 2.6 - 3.9 GHz.

Thanks to the faster P-cores and more E-cores, the i5-13600K is significantly faster than the old i5-12600K (especially in multi-threaded workloads. 

The 13600K is rated at 125 Watt TDP base power (PL1) and 181 Watt Turbo Power (PL2) and therefore slightly higher than the old Core i5-12600K.

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ModelAMD Ryzen 9 7900Intel Core i9-9980XEIntel Core i5-13600K
SeriesAMD Raphael (Zen 4, Ryzen 7000)Intel Core i9 (Desktop)Intel Raptor Lake-S
CodenameRaphael (Zen4)Sky Lake-XRaptor Lake
Series: Raptor Lake-S Raptor Lake
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D4.2 - 5.7 GHz16 / 32 cores128 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X4.7 - 5.6 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 « 3.7 - 5.4 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X4.5 - 5.4 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 77003.8 - 5.3 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D4.2 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores96 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X4.7 - 5.3 GHz6 / 12 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 76003.8 - 5.1 GHz6 / 12 cores32 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13900K3 - 5.8 GHz24 / 32 cores36 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13700K3.4 - 5.4 GHz16 / 24 cores30 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13600K « 3.5 - 5.1 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Clock3700 - 5400 MHz3000 - 4400 MHz3500 - 5100 MHz
L1 Cache768 KB1.1 MB
L2 Cache12 MB18 MB20 MB
L3 Cache64 MB24.8 MB24 MB
Cores / Threads12 / 2418 / 3614 / 20
6 x 5.1 GHz Intel Raptor Cove P-Core
8 x 3.9 GHz Intel Gracemont E-Core
TDP65 Watt165 Watt125 Watt
Transistors9.9 Million
Technology5 nm, 0.650 - 1.475V14 nm10 nm
Die Size262 mm2257 mm2
max. Temp.95 °C84 °C100 °C
SocketAM5 (LGA 1718)FCLGA-2066 (LGA)LGA 1700
FeaturesMMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512F, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2Quad-Channel DDR4-2666 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, AES-NI, TSX-NI, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vProIntel UHD Graphics 770, DDR5 5600 MT/s, DDR4 3200 MT/s
iGPUAMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) ( - 2200 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 770 (300 - 1500 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comark.intel.comwww.intel.com
$1979 U.S.$319 U.S.

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R9 7900
54.2 pt (75%)
AMD E1-2100
2.47 -95%
...
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
50.6 -7%
Intel Core i9-12900K
50.7 -6%
Intel Core i5-14600K
51 -6%
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
51.5 -5%
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
51.8 -4%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX
52.5 -3%
Intel Core i9-13900HX
53.1 -2%
Intel Core i9-13950HX
53.4 -1%
Intel Core i7-13700K
54.1 0%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
54.2
Intel Core i9-13980HX
54.5 1%
Intel Core i9-14900HX
55.3 2%
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
56.8 5%
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D
57 5%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
57.1 5%
Intel Core i7-14700K
57.8 7%
Intel Core i9-13900K
59.3 9%
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
60.4 11%
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
61.1 13%
...
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX
72.1 33%
0%
100%
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i9-9980XE
41.1 pt (57%)
AMD E1-2100
2.47 -94%
...
Intel Core i9-11900H
40.5 -1%
Intel Core i5-12500H
40.5 -1%
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
40.5 -1%
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
40.7 -1%
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
40.7 -1%
Intel Core i9-11900KB
40.8 -1%
Intel Core i7-12650H
40.9 0%
Intel Core i7-1365U
41 0%
Intel Core i7-1360P
41.1 0%
Intel Core i9-9980XE
41.1
AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
41.2 0%
Intel Core i7-11700K
41.2 0%
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS
41.3 0%
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
41.5 1%
Intel Core i5-13500H
41.6 1%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
41.9 2%
AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
41.9 2%
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
42.1 2%
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
42.1 2%
...
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX
72.1 75%
0%
100%
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-13600K
49.4 pt (69%)
AMD E1-2100
2.47 -95%
...
Intel Core i7-13800H
46.8 -5%
Intel Core i7-13700HX
46.8 -5%
Intel Core i7-12700
47 -5%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600
47.2 -4%
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
48.3 -2%
Intel Core i9-12900HX
48.3 -2%
AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX
48.5 -2%
Intel Core i7-14700HX
48.7 -1%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX
49.2 0%
Intel Core i5-13600K
49.4
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
49.4 0%
Intel Core i7-13700
49.5 0%
Intel Core i7-14650HX
50 1%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
50.5 2%
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
50.6 2%
Intel Core i9-12900K
50.7 3%
Intel Core i5-14600K
51 3%
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
51.5 4%
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
51.8 5%
...
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX
72.1 46%
0%
100%
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
100%
1 R9 7900 +
24776 Points (23%)
min: 24174     avg: 24221     median: 24221 (22%)     max: 24268 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
100%
1 R9 7900 +
1966 Points (84%)
min: 1991     avg: 2001     median: 2000.5 (85%)     max: 2010 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
762 Points (85%)
min: 460     avg: 461.5     median: 461.5 (51%)     max: 463 Points
min: 766     avg: 771     median: 770.5 (86%)     max: 775 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
9703 Points (24%)
min: 8834     avg: 8857     median: 8857 (22%)     max: 8880 Points
min: 9217     avg: 9241     median: 9241 (23%)     max: 9265 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
4020 Points (25%)
min: 3722     avg: 3736     median: 3735.5 (24%)     max: 3749 Points
min: 3641     avg: 3642     median: 3642 (23%)     max: 3643 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
315 Points (95%)
min: 197     avg: 197.5     median: 197.5 (59%)     max: 198 Points
min: 286     avg: 287.5     median: 287.5 (87%)     max: 289 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
45.3 Points (59%)
38.6 Points (50%)
min: 42.2     avg: 42.3     median: 42.3 (55%)     max: 42.38 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
3.7 Points (92%)
2.2 Points (55%)
min: 3.45     avg: 3.5     median: 3.5 (86%)     max: 3.48 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
8339 Points (50%)
7323 Points (44%)
min: 10710     avg: 10755     median: 10754.5 (65%)     max: 10799 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
60934 Points (44%)
58001 Points (42%)
min: 67973     avg: 68880     median: 68879.5 (50%)     max: 69786 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 110412     avg: 110969     median: 110969 (77%)     max: 111526 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 16074     avg: 16155     median: 16154.5 (20%)     max: 16235 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
46.8 s (1%)
46.5 s (1%)
min: 172.189     avg: 174.9     median: 174.9 (2%)     max: 177.592 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
3 s (1%)
2.7 s (1%)
min: 2.518     avg: 2.5     median: 2.5 (1%)     max: 2.527 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
10154 Points (16%)
6879 Points (11%)
min: 10937     avg: 10967     median: 10967 (17%)     max: 10997 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
112881 MIPS (65%)
min: 92936     avg: 93018     median: 93017.5 (53%)     max: 93099 MIPS
min: 89527     avg: 89587     median: 89587 (51%)     max: 89647 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
7936 MIPS (95%)
min: 5109     avg: 5110     median: 5110 (61%)     max: 5111 MIPS
min: 6253     avg: 6378     median: 6377.5 (76%)     max: 6502 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
207 fps (72%)
156 fps (54%)
min: 198.6     avg: 198.8     median: 198.8 (69%)     max: 199 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
355.5 fps (82%)
206.5 fps (48%)
min: 387     avg: 387.5     median: 387.5 (89%)     max: 388 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
31.2 fps (55%)
min: 26     avg: 26.1     median: 26.1 (46%)     max: 26.1 fps
min: 27.5     avg: 27.6     median: 27.6 (48%)     max: 27.6 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
2 GB/s (0%)
1.9 GB/s (0%)
1.7 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
3.1 GB/s (53%)
3.2 GB/s (55%)
min: 3.1     avg: 3.2     median: 3.2 (54%)     max: 3.2 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
21.5 GB/s (56%)
18.1 GB/s (47%)
min: 18.8     avg: 19.1     median: 19.1 (50%)     max: 19.4 GB/s
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
100%
1 R9 7900 +
199 Seconds (3%)
min: 37     avg: 161.7     median: 224 (3%)     max: 224 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
125 Seconds (1%)
min: 136     avg: 136.5     median: 136.5 (1%)     max: 137 Seconds
135 Seconds (1%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
100%
1 R9 7900 +
0.4 sec (8%)
min: 0.4048     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (9%)     max: 0.405 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
19451 Points (41%)
13495 Points (29%)
17627 Points (38%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
6.7 s (1%)
8.2 s (2%)
min: 6.471     avg: 6.5     median: 6.5 (1%)     max: 6.58 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
13.9 s (1%)
17.9 s (1%)
min: 14.876     avg: 14.9     median: 14.9 (1%)     max: 14.993 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
329 s (1%)
433 s (2%)
min: 328.929     avg: 331.4     median: 331.4 (1%)     max: 333.798 s
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
97718 Points (86%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
26325 Points (71%)
19237 Points (52%)
min: 30358     avg: 30419     median: 30419 (82%)     max: 30480 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 86734     avg: 86952     median: 86952 (71%)     max: 87170 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 87784     avg: 87861     median: 87860.5 (71%)     max: 87937 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
51923 Points (44%)
min: 88547     avg: 89321     median: 89321 (75%)     max: 90095 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
13429 Points (34%)
min: 26359     avg: 26394     median: 26394 (67%)     max: 26429 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
27856 Points (50%)
min: 35386     avg: 35395     median: 35395 (63%)     max: 35404 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
14817 Points (62%)
10963 Points (46%)
min: 17079     avg: 17102     median: 17101.5 (72%)     max: 17124 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
2203 Points (93%)
1200 Points (51%)
min: 1967     avg: 1973     median: 1973 (83%)     max: 1979 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
17880 Points (32%)
15780 Points (28%)
min: 16651     avg: 16671     median: 16670.5 (30%)     max: 16690 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
2096 Points (9%)
min: 1211     avg: 1218     median: 1217.5 (5%)     max: 1224 Points
min: 1931     avg: 1948     median: 1947.5 (8%)     max: 1964 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
17581 Points (55%)
min: 16286     avg: 16331     median: 16331 (51%)     max: 16376 Points
min: 16497     avg: 16566     median: 16566 (52%)     max: 16635 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
8861 Points (89%)
min: 5460     avg: 5493     median: 5492.5 (55%)     max: 5525 Points
min: 8618     avg: 8625     median: 8624.5 (86%)     max: 8631 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
65241 Points (72%)
min: 54730     avg: 55150     median: 55149.5 (61%)     max: 55569 Points
min: 60407     avg: 61014     median: 61014 (67%)     max: 61621 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 80967     avg: 80967     median: 80967 (144%)     max: 56351 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
4875 Points (95%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
9164 Points (74%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
9377 Points (85%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 58459     avg: 58459     median: 58459 (115%)     max: 51025 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 58015     avg: 58015     median: 58015 (117%)     max: 49681 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 43557     avg: 43557     median: 43557 (114%)     max: 38219 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 R9 7900 +
452 ms (1%)
min: 467     avg: 468     median: 468 (1%)     max: 469 ms
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
100%
1 R9 7900 +
302 Points (87%)
288 Points (83%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
1 R9 7900 +
366 Points (76%)
min: 329     avg: 331     median: 331 (69%)     max: 333 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
100%
1 R9 7900 +
2322 Points (89%)
min: 2237     avg: 2254     median: 2254 (86%)     max: 2271 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 R9 7900 +
203 Watt (35%)
280 Watt (48%)
min: 278     avg: 313     median: 313 (54%)     max: 348 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 R9 7900 +
196.9 Watt (36%)
343 Watt (63%)
min: 245     avg: 265.5     median: 265.5 (48%)     max: 286 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 R9 7900 +
106.9 Watt (71%)
min: 69.3     avg: 73.3     median: 73.3 (48%)     max: 77.3 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
100%
1 R9 7900 +
20.4 Points per Watt (15%)
10.9 Points per Watt (8%)
min: 12.7     avg: 13.8     median: 13.8 (10%)     max: 14.9 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 7900 → 100% n=32

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i9-9980XE → 81% n=32

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-13600K → 98% n=32

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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#0 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 80967>56351 for benchmark 235, setting:683 +0s ... 0.551s

#1 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 58459>51025 for benchmark 136, setting:455 +0s ... 0.562s

#2 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 58015>49681 for benchmark 136, setting:454 +0s ... 0.565s

#3 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 43557>38219 for benchmark 136, setting:453 +0s ... 0.568s

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