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Intel Core i7-970 vs Intel Core i9-13900F

Last updated: 2026-07-02

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 25 %

Intel Core i7-970

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i9-13900F

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 16 %

Intel Core i7-970

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i9-13900F

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.46 GHz

620

24C / 32T · 5.60 GHz

2,784

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.20 GHz

2,654

24C / 32T · 5.30 GHz

18,527

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.46 GHz

582

24C / 32T · 5.60 GHz

2,130

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.20 GHz

3,263

24C / 32T · 5.30 GHz

19,422

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 3.20 GHz

2,209

24C / 32T · 2.00 GHz

10,062

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-970	Intel Core i9-13900F
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i9 (81)
CPU group	Intel Core i7 900 (4)	Intel Core i 13000 (18)
Architecture	Gulftown	Raptor Lake S
Technology	32 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1366	LGA 1700
Predecessor		Intel Core i9-12900F
Successor		Intel Core i9-14900F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-970	Intel Core i9-13900F
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12	24 / 32
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	6x 3.20 - 3.46 GHz	8x Raptor Cove 2.00 - 5.60 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		16x Gracemont 1.50 - 4.20 GHz
L2-Cache	1.50 MB	32.00 MB
L3-Cache	12.00 MB	36.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-970	Intel Core i9-13900F
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-970	Intel Core i9-13900F
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-970	Intel Core i9-13900F
Memory	DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	24 GB	192 GB
Memory channels	3	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe		5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth		78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-970	Intel Core i9-13900F
TDP	130 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		219 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-970	Intel Core i9-13900F
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✗	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q3/2010	Q1/2023
Release price	594 $	524 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-970 is 4.7 stars (3 ratings), while Intel Core i9-13900F has received 5.0 stars (10 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-970
6C / 12T · 3.20 - 3.46 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i9-13900F
24C / 32T · 2.00 - 5.60 GHz

★★★★★