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Ryzen 7 7800X3D against Core i9-13900K

Core i9-13900K leads on the overall index. The price beside each button is the Amazon US reading where ScoutPrices has one; the comparison below is worked on typical prices.

Which one for what

Office & everyday

Core i9-13900Kright

67 vs 91 on the office & everyday blend.

Coding & development

Core i9-13900Kright

62 vs 91 on the coding & development blend.

Light gaming

Core i9-13900Kright

79 vs 83 on the light gaming blend.

Gaming

Core i9-13900Kright

80 vs 82 on the gaming blend.

Heavy gaming

Either

Within 1 points; buy on price.

Content creation

Core i9-13900Kright

60 vs 90 on the content creation blend.

3D & rendering

Core i9-13900Kright

53 vs 91 on the 3D & rendering blend.

Gaming & streaming

Core i9-13900Kright

69 vs 86 on the gaming & streaming blend.

AI & local models

Core i9-13900Kright

57 vs 91 on the AI & local models blend.

Head to head

Scores

Indices out of 100 on ScoutSpecs' own scale, one per kind of work. They are not frames per second and not a measurement of any one sample.

  • Spec score

    Ryzen 7 7800X3D: 70

    Core i9-13900K: 86

    16 ptsto the right

  • Gaming

    Ryzen 7 7800X3D: 86

    Core i9-13900K: 77

    9 ptsto the left

  • Multi-core

    Ryzen 7 7800X3D: 42

    Core i9-13900K: 93

    51 ptsto the right

  • Single-core

    Ryzen 7 7800X3D: 77

    Core i9-13900K: 92

    15 ptsto the right

Price and value

Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.

  • Value, points per $100

    Ryzen 7 7800X3D: 20.1

    Core i9-13900K: 21.6

    7%to the right

  • Typical price

    Ryzen 7 7800X3D: $349

    Core i9-13900K: $399

    $50to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Cores

    Ryzen 7 7800X3D: 8

    Core i9-13900K: 24

    200%to the right

  • Threads

    Ryzen 7 7800X3D: 16

    Core i9-13900K: 32

    100%to the right

  • Boost clock

    Ryzen 7 7800X3D: 5 GHz

    Core i9-13900K: 5.8 GHz

    16%to the right

  • Turbo power

    Ryzen 7 7800X3D: 162 W

    Core i9-13900K: 253 W

    56%to the left

The verdict

  • The Ryzen 7 7800X3D leads in games by 12%.
  • The Core i9-13900K has 121% more all-core throughput for renders, compiles and exports.
  • The Core i9-13900K is 19% quicker in single-threaded work, which is most of what a desktop does.
  • The Ryzen 7 7800X3D typically costs $50 less.

Specifications

SpecRyzen 7 7800X3DCore i9-13900K
ArchitectureZen 4 X3DRaptor Lake
SocketAM5LGA1700
Cores / threads8 / 1624 / 32 (better)
Base clock4.2 GHz (better)3 GHz
Boost clock5 GHz5.8 GHz (better)
TDP / turbo power120 / 162 W (better)125 / 253 W
MemoryDDR5DDR4 or DDR5
Built-in graphicsYesYes
Cooler in the boxNoNo
BrandAMDIntel
Released2023 (better)2022
Typical price$349 (better)$399

The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.

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