Core i7-13700 vs Ryzen 7 5700X3D

Gaming speed, cores and clocks

The Core i7-13700 and the Ryzen 7 5700X3D are within a few percent of each other for gaming. In a game, you will not see the difference.

The Core i7-13700 has 16 cores and 24 threads, and the Ryzen 7 5700X3D has 8 cores and 16 threads. The extra cores of the Core i7-13700 help with video editing, streaming while you play and heavy multitasking more than with the game itself. Boost clocks are 5.2 GHz and 4.1 GHz.

Platform, power and price

The Core i7-13700 uses the LGA1700 socket and the Ryzen 7 5700X3D uses AM4, so they need different motherboards, and often different memory. When you compare prices, count the board as well as the chip.

Rated power is 65 W for the first and 105 W for the second. That difference changes the cooler you need, and it shows up in heat and noise.

At launch the Core i7-13700 cost $384 and the Ryzen 7 5700X3D $249, which gives 20.1 and 30.1 points of gaming performance per $100. Today's prices will differ.

Which graphics cards each one can feed, and which to buy

At 1080p the Core i7-13700 can feed a card up to the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti before it holds the card back by more than 10 percent. The Ryzen 7 5700X3D reaches the GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop. Both chips are in the same range for graphics card pairing.

Choose the Core i7-13700 if you want the faster gaming chip and the same or more cores. Choose the Ryzen 7 5700X3D if you would rather spend the difference on a graphics card, which does more for frame rates in most games.