Ryzen 7 1700X vs i7-13700

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Aggregate performance score

Core i7-13700
2023
16 cores / 24 threads, 65 Watt
24.17
+136%

Core i7-13700 outperforms Ryzen 7 1700X by a whopping 136% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-13700 and Ryzen 7 1700X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking217775
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation47.363.67
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 7
Power efficiency33.919.83
Architecture codenameRaptor Lake-S (2023−2024)Zen (2017−2020)
Release date4 January 2023 (1 year ago)22 February 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$384$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

i7-13700 has 1190% better value for money than Ryzen 7 1700X.

Detailed specifications

Core i7-13700 and Ryzen 7 1700X basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads2416
Base clock speed2.1 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed5.2 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data34
L1 cache80K (per core)768 KB
L2 cache2 MB (per core)4096 KB
L3 cache30 MB (shared)16384 KB
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm14 nm
Die size257 mm2213 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4800 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-13700 and Ryzen 7 1700X compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1700AM4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-13700 and Ryzen 7 1700X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
FMA-FMA3
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
SIPP+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0+no data
XFR-+
SenseMI-+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Core i7-13700 and Ryzen 7 1700X technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-13700 and Ryzen 7 1700X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-13700 and Ryzen 7 1700X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-5600, DDR4-3200DDR4
Maximum memory size192 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth89.6 GB/s42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 770-
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video HD+-
Graphics max frequency1.6 GHz-
Execution Units32-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-13700 and Ryzen 7 1700X integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-13700 and Ryzen 7 1700X integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2160 @ 60Hz-
Max resolution over eDP5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz-
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-13700 and Ryzen 7 1700X integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12-
OpenGL4.5-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-13700 and Ryzen 7 1700X.

PCIe version5.0 and 4.0n/a
PCI Express lanes1620

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i7-13700 24.17
+136%
Ryzen 7 1700X 10.24

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i7-13700 36989
+136%
Ryzen 7 1700X 15667

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i7-13700 2656
+142%
Ryzen 7 1700X 1099

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i7-13700 14819
+164%
Ryzen 7 1700X 5609

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i7-13700 10840
+133%
Ryzen 7 1700X 4662

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i7-13700 82724
+159%
Ryzen 7 1700X 31950

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i7-13700 17194
+89.4%
Ryzen 7 1700X 9076

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

i7-13700 2.5
+95.6%
Ryzen 7 1700X 4.89

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i7-13700 50
+197%
Ryzen 7 1700X 17

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

i7-13700 3692
+140%
Ryzen 7 1700X 1537

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

i7-13700 285
+85.1%
Ryzen 7 1700X 154

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

i7-13700 3.5
+102%
Ryzen 7 1700X 1.73

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

i7-13700 22
+146%
Ryzen 7 1700X 9

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i7-13700 224
+149%
Ryzen 7 1700X 90

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i7-13700 393
+118%
Ryzen 7 1700X 180

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i7-13700 12289
+230%
Ryzen 7 1700X 3728

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

i7-13700 17564
+180%
Ryzen 7 1700X 6275

Blender(-)

i7-13700 145
Ryzen 7 1700X 327
+126%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

i7-13700 1984
+113%
Ryzen 7 1700X 932

7-Zip Single

i7-13700 6643
+77.3%
Ryzen 7 1700X 3746

7-Zip

i7-13700 91604
+131%
Ryzen 7 1700X 39624

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 24.17 10.24
Recency 4 January 2023 22 February 2017
Physical cores 16 8
Threads 24 16
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt

i7-13700 has a 136% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and 46.2% lower power consumption.

The Core i7-13700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 7 1700X in performance tests.


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