Intel Core i7-13700KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS

Last updated: 2024-03-07

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-13700KF		AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
CPU comparison Intel Core i7-13700KF or AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Core i7-13700KF has 16 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.40 GHz. Up to 192 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-13700KF was released in Q4/2022. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS was released in Q2/2021.

Intel Core i7 (298)	Family	AMD Ryzen 9 (35)
Intel Core i 13000 (17)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 5000H (11)
13	Generation	4
Raptor Lake S	Architecture	Cezanne (Zen 3)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
Intel Core i7-12700KF	Predecessor	--
Intel Core i7-14700KF	Successor	AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i7-13700KF is a 16 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.40 GHz (5.40 GHz). The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (4.60 GHz).
Intel Core i7-13700KF	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
16	Cores	8
24	Threads	16
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
3.40 GHz (5.40 GHz) 8x Raptor Cove	A-Core	3.00 GHz (4.60 GHz)
2.50 GHz (4.20 GHz) 8x Gracemont	B-Core	--
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core i7-13700KF	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
	GPU frequency	0.40 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.75 GHz
--	GPU Generation	9
	Technology	7 nm
	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	8
--	Shader	512
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	8 GB
--	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i7-13700KF supports a maximum of 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Core i7-13700KF	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200	Memory	LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200
192 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
89.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
24.00 MB	L2 Cache	4.00 MB
30.00 MB	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
5.0	PCIe version	3.0
20	PCIe lanes	12
78.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i7-13700KF has a TDP of 125 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS is 35 W.
Intel Core i7-13700KF	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
125 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	35 W
253 W	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	54 W
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	105 °C
Technical details The Intel Core i7-13700KF has a 54.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS cache has a total of 20.00 MB.
Intel Core i7-13700KF	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
10 nm	Technology	7 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 1700	Socket	FP6
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2022	Release date	Q2/2021
384 $	Release price	--

show more data		show more data

Intel Core i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 3.40 GHz (5.40 GHz) buy now on Amazon and save! AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz (4.60 GHz) buy now on Amazon and save!

Rate these processors

Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i7-13700KF (100%)

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS (71%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 6 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i7-13700KF (100%)

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS (42%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz	2126 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	1478 (70%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz	31062 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	12794 (41%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz	2065 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	1488 (72%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz	18402 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	8577 (47%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz	2787 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	2004 (72%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz	17208 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	6886 (40%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz	815 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	578 (71%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz	11831 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	5002 (42%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	Intel Core i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz	430 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	161 (37%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz	47002 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	22010 (47%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz	126 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz	1602 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Core i7-13700KF @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.75 GHz	1792 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	5413 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz	310 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-13700KF 16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz	4639 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.


	Intel Core i7-13700KF 31,062 CB R23 MC @ 220 W	141 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Core i7-13700KF	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
Unknown	Unknown

Popular comparisons containing this CPUs


1.		Intel Core i7-13700KF vs Intel Core i7-13700K
2.		AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
3.		Intel Core i7-13700KF vs Intel Core i7-13700F
4.		Intel Core i7-13700KF vs Intel Core i5-13600KF
5.		Intel Core i7-12700KF vs Intel Core i7-13700KF
6.		Intel Core i7-14700KF vs Intel Core i7-13700KF
7.		Intel Core i9-13900KF vs Intel Core i7-13700KF
8.		AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Apple M1
9.		AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
10.		AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS