Intel Core i9-13900KF vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Last updated: 2024-03-07

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i9-13900KF		AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
CPU comparison Intel Core i9-13900KF or AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - 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 i9-13900KF has 24 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.80 GHz. Up to 192 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-13900KF was released in Q4/2022. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has 32 cores with 64 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX was released in Q3/2018.

Intel Core i9 (78)	Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (13)
Intel Core i 13000 (17)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 (4)
13	Generation	2
Raptor Lake S	Architecture	Colfax (Zen+)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
Intel Core i9-12900KF	Predecessor	--
Intel Core i9-14900KF	Successor	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i9-13900KF has 24 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-13900KF is 3.00 GHz (5.80 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has 32 CPU cores and 64 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX is at 3.00 GHz (4.20 GHz).
Intel Core i9-13900KF	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
24	Cores	32
32	Threads	64
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	Yes
3.00 GHz (5.80 GHz) 8x Raptor Cove	A-Core	3.00 GHz (4.20 GHz)
2.20 GHz (4.30 GHz) 16x Gracemont	B-Core	--

NPU AI performance The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.
Intel Core i9-13900KF	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--
--	NPU + CPU + iGPU	--

Integrated graphics (iGPU) The Intel Core i9-13900KF or AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
no iGPU	GPU	no iGPU
	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
--	GPU Generation	--
	Technology
	Max. displays
--	Compute units	--
--	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	--
--	DirectX Version	--

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	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
No	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	No
No	Codec VC-1	No
No	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i9-13900KF can use up to 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 89.6 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX supports up to GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 93.8 GB/s.
Intel Core i9-13900KF	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR4-2933
192 GB	Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	4 (Quad Channel)
89.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	93.8 GB/s
Yes	ECC	Yes
32.00 MB	L2 Cache	16.00 MB
36.00 MB	L3 Cache	64.00 MB
5.0	PCIe version	3.0
20	PCIe lanes	64
78.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	63.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i9-13900KF is 125 W, while the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has a TDP of 250 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Core i9-13900KF	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
125 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	250 W
253 W	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Core i9-13900KF is manufactured in 10 nm and has 68.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX is manufactured in 12 nm and has a 80.00 MB cache.
Intel Core i9-13900KF	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
10 nm	Technology	12 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	TR4 (SP3r2)
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	Q3/2018
564 $	Release price	1799 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i9-13900KF (100%)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX (47%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 8 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i9-13900KF (100%)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX (75%)

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 i9-13900KF 24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz	2241 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz	1103 (49%)

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 i9-13900KF 24C 32T @ 5.50 GHz	39652 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	33213 (84%)

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 i9-13900KF 24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz	2147 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz	1020 (48%)

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 i9-13900KF 24C 32T @ 5.50 GHz	23982 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	17204 (72%)

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 i9-13900KF 24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz	2868 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz	1193 (42%)

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 i9-13900KF 24C 32T @ 5.50 GHz	20305 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	10282 (51%)

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 i9-13900KF 24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz	877 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz	398 (45%)

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 i9-13900KF 24C 32T @ 5.50 GHz	15350 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	11463 (75%)

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 i9-13900KF 24C 32T @ 5.50 GHz	557 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	479 (86%)

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 i9-13900KF 24C 32T @ 5.50 GHz	59155 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	32132 (54%)

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 i9-13900KF 24C 32T @ 3.00 GHz	16715 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	15823 (95%)

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 i9-13900KF 24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz	330 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz	174 (53%)

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 i9-13900KF 24C 32T @ 5.50 GHz	6141 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	5189 (84%)

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 i9-13900KF 24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz	132 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 4.20 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 i9-13900KF 24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz	2144 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Intel Core i9-13900KF 24C 32T @ 5.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	67.7 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-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 i9-13900KF 24C 32T @ 5.50 GHz	893 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 3.00 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 i9-13900KF 39,652 CB R23 MC @ 252 W	157 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

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