Intel Core i9-13900KF vs AMD EPYC 9554. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Intel Core i9 AMD EPYC
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 13000 AMD EPYC 9004
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  13 4
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i9-12900KF --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  24 / 32 64 / 128
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  --
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  --
• Shader
  --
• Max. displays
  --
• Generation
  --
• Technology
  --
• Release date
  --

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD EPYC 9554 and Intel Core i9-13900KF. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-5600 DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 6144 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 12
• Bandwidth
  89.6 GB/s 461.0 GB/s
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 5.0 x 128
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-13900KF and AMD EPYC 9554 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 360 W
• TDP (PL2)
  253 W --
• TDP up
  -- 400 W
• TDP down
  -- 320 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-13900KF and Intel Core i9-13900KF, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Chip design
  Monolithic Chiplet
• Socket
  LGA 1700 SP5
• L2-Cache
  32.00 MB 64.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  36.00 MB 256.00 MB
• Architecture
  Raptor Lake S Genoa (Zen 4)
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q4/2022
• Release price
  564 $ 9087 $
• Part Number
  -- 100-000000790
• Documents
  Technical data sheet Technical data sheet