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Intel Core i7-13700

37,135 Benchmark Score

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The Intel Core i7-1370 00 paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE — wait, let's get the naming right: the Intel Core i7-13700 paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE is a desktop combination that lands in the 84th percentile of all tracked builds, with the CPU sitting at the 85th percentile and the GPU at the 83rd percentile. This is a high-tier pairing by the database numbers: a 16-core Raptor Lake processor and an RDNA 3 graphics card built on TSMC's 6 nm process. The benchmark data covers CPU rendering, physics, and compute tests plus a modern DirectX 12 graphics benchmark, and it places both components within touching distance of some notable rivals. One important caveat up front: there are no measured FPS results for this exact combination in the database, so every frame-rate figure discussed below is an estimate derived from the benchmark scores rather than a recorded measurement.

FAQ

Q: Is the Intel Core i7-13700 good for gaming?

A: Yes. Its single-thread score of 1092 in 3DMark and 2008.5 in Cinebench R23 single-core put it in the 85th percentile of all CPUs, which is strong territory for gaming where per-core speed matters most. The 5.20 GHz boost clock and 30 MB of shared L3 cache support that result.

Q: How does the RX 7650 GRE compare to rival GPUs?

A: The database places it within roughly 1.2–1.3 percent of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, the Quadro M6000 24 GB, the GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile, and the Quadro M6000 in average benchmark score. Its Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2336 is the headline graphics result.

Q: Can this build handle content creation?

A: Yes. The Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 25369 and Geekbench multi-core score of 17025 indicate strong all-core throughput, thanks to 16 cores and 24 threads. The RX 7650 GRE also brings 22.08 TFLOPS of FP32 compute via OpenCL-capable hardware.

Q: Is 8 GB of VRAM enough?

A: For 1080p and moderately demanding 1440p work, 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth is workable. Heavily textured modern titles at higher resolutions will pressure the buffer first.

Q: What power supply does this build need?

A: The suggested PSU for the RX 7650 GRE is 450 W. With a CPU rated at 65 W TDP and a GPU at 170 W TDP, that suggested figure covers the pairing with headroom.

Q: Does the CPU support overclocking?

A: No. The multiplier is locked on this chip. Memory choice is flexible, though: DDR4 and DDR5 are both supported over a dual-channel bus.

Q: What is the combined tier of this pairing?

A: The combined percentile is 84, meaning this build outranks the large majority of systems in the database. Both components sit within two percentile points of each other, indicating a balanced pairing.

GPU Analysis

The RX 7650 GRE is a Navi 33 chip on the RDNA 3.0 architecture, codenamed "Hotpink Bonefish," fabricated by TSMC on a 6 nm process. The die measures 204 mm² and packs 13,300 million transistors, which works out to a density of 65.2 million transistors per square millimeter. That density figure reflects the modern node and explains how AMD fits competitive hardware into a compact dual-slot card.

The memory subsystem is the practical limit to keep in mind: 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, delivering 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth, with memory running at 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective). Core clocks are 1720 MHz base, 2350 MHz game clock, and 2695 MHz boost. Rendering hardware consists of 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 64 render output units, producing a pixel rate of 172.5 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 345.0 GTexel/s. Raw FP32 compute is 22.08 TFLOPS, with FP16 running at the same rate (1:1 ratio). Ray tracing is handled by 32 RT cores; the tensorCores field is null, so this chip does not carry the dedicated AI hardware found in some rival lineages.

For rendering work, the numbers tell a clear story. The Geekbench OpenCL score of 83109 shows genuine compute capability — usable for GPU-accelerated encoders, filters, and viewport work in creative applications. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2336 is the key gaming-oriented figure, and it puts the card in the 83rd percentile of all GPUs. Against its nearest rivals — the RTX 4070 SUPER, the Quadro M6000 24 GB, the RTX 5050 Mobile, and the Quadro M6000 — the RX 7650 GRE sits 1.2 to 1.3 percent behind on average score. That is effectively a rounding difference: in practical terms, the card performs in the same bracket as hardware typically considered a class above its market position.

The caveat for rendering is the VRAM ceiling. Eight gigabytes is enough for 1080p gaming and standard editing timelines, but complex 3D scenes, high-resolution texture work, and long-GPU-compute tasks will hit the buffer before they hit the compute limit. The 64 ROPs and 172.5 GPixel/s pixel rate are healthy for 1080p and 1440p output; the bus width is what caps upside at 4K.

Upgrade Path and Platform

The platform side is straightforward. The i7-13700 uses Intel Socket 1700, supports both DDR4 and DDR5 on a dual-channel bus, and offers ECC memory support — a genuine plus for a small workstation where data integrity matters. CPU PCIe is Gen 5 with 16 lanes from the CPU, which is generous. Note that the RX 7650 GRE itself uses a PCIe 4.0 x8 interface, so it does not consume the full Gen 5 x16 allocation; that leaves room for fast storage on the remaining lanes without compromise.

Power is easy to plan. The CPU is rated at 65 W TDP and the GPU at 170 W TDP, and the card's suggested PSU is 450 W with a single 8-pin connector. A capable PSU at or above that suggested rating gives comfortable headroom for both components plus drives and fans. The card is dual-slot, 204 mm long and 115 mm tall, so it fits compact cases without clearance drama.

For the next upgrade, the GPU is the logical target. Because the CPU sits at the 85th percentile and the GPU at the 83rd, the system is close to balanced, but the GPU's 8 GB VRAM and x8 interface make it the component that will age first as texture budgets grow. Socket 1700 also means the CPU can be swapped within the same platform family without a motherboard change. The integrated UHD Graphics 770 provides a fallback display output if the card is ever removed — useful for troubleshooting.

Who Should Build It

Gamers targeting 1080p — and selectively 1440p — are the core audience. The Steel Nomad score and the card's rival bracket suggest high-refresh 1080p play in demanding titles and comfortable 1440p in many of them, though these are estimates since no measured FPS data exists for this pairing.

Content creators benefit most from the CPU side. A Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 25369 with 16 cores and 24 threads handles video editing, code compilation, and rendering passes without dragging, while the 2008.5 single-core score keeps timeline scrubbing and application responsiveness snappy. Developers get a strong compilation story: the Geekbench multi-core score of 17025 and the 3DMark max-threads score of 11737 scale well across parallel build jobs.

Students and small-business workstation builders are also well served. ECC support plus dual-channel DDR5 capability makes this a defensible light-workstation platform, and the 65 W TDP keeps thermals manageable in smaller enclosures with a capable air cooler. The integrated UHD Graphics 770 means the system still outputs video without the discrete card.

CPU Analysis

The i7-13700 is a 16-core, 24-thread Raptor Lake-S processor on Intel's 10 nm process, with a die size of 257 mm². It runs a 2.10 GHz base clock and boosts to 5.20 GHz. Cache is layered generously: 80 KB of L1 and 2 MB of L2 per core, plus 30 MB of shared L3 — that L3 pool is a big part of why gaming and latency-sensitive workloads score well. The launch MSRP was $384, and the part remains in active production. The multiplier is locked, so tuning is limited to memory and platform settings.

The benchmark spread shows a healthy hybrid-scaling profile. Single-thread: 1092 in 3DMark, 285 in Cinebench R15, 1807 in Cinebench R20, 2008.5 in Cinebench R23, 2329 in Geekbench, and 4101 in PassMark. That last figure — combined with a 2176 3DMark two-thread score — means the chip is fast in the lightly threaded paths that dominate everyday application responsiveness.

Scaling is where the 16 cores earn their keep: 4279 at four threads, 7649 at eight threads, 10075 at sixteen threads, and 11737 at max threads in 3DMark. The jump from eight to sixteen threads is roughly 31 percent, showing the architecture still gains once all cores engage. Cinebench multi-core results track the same curve: 3692 in R15, 12806 in R20, and 25369 in R23. Geekbench multi-core lands at 17025 and PassMark multithread at 36387, with an overall average benchmark score of 37135 placing the chip at the 85th percentile of all CPUs.

The utility tests fill in the workload picture. PassMark integer math at 138974 and floating point at 97723 indicate strong general compute; data compression at 443900 and encryption at 25653 show good throughput for file and security tasks; extended instructions at 26578 reflect vector-unit capability; physics at 2053 matters for simulation and game-side CPU load; string sorting at 46418 and prime finding at 147 round out the profile.

Against rivals, the picture is remarkably tight: the AMD Ryzen 7 160 sits at a 0 percent delta, the Intel Core i9-12900T at 0.1 percent, the AMD Ryzen 7 7735H at -0.1 percent, and the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 at 0.1 percent. Statistically, the i7-13700 performs as an equal to all four — including chips from newer AMD lineages — which validates its position as a still-competitive current-generation part.

Gaming Performance

To be explicit: no measured FPS rows exist for this exact combination in the database, and dataIsMeasured is false. All frame-rate commentary below is estimated from the benchmark scores, not recorded in-game measurements.

The estimates are still grounded. The RX 7650 GRE's Steel Nomad score of 2336 and its position within 1.2–1.3 percent of the RTX 4070 SUPER bracket it to cards that typically deliver high-refresh 1080p and solid 1440p performance in modern AAA titles at ultra settings. Expect triple-digit estimated frame rates in esports and competitive titles at 1080p, and playable-to-high estimated frame rates at 1440p ultra in most current releases — with the 8 GB buffer being the first constraint in the heaviest texture-heavy games.

On the CPU side, gaming is well covered. The single-thread 3DMark score of 1092, the physics score of 2053, and the 5.20 GHz boost clock with 30 MB of L3 mean the processor will not be the limiter in CPU-bound scenarios at these resolutions. In games that scale past eight threads, the 7649 eight-thread and 11737 max-thread scores show plenty of overhead for streaming or background tasks while playing. Since the card's practical sweet spot is 1080p to 1440p, the pairing is coherent: the GPU defines the ceiling, and the CPU stays out of the way.

Balance and Bottleneck

The pairing is well matched. The CPU sits at the 85th percentile and the GPU at the 83rd, with a combined percentile of 84 — a spread of just two points, which is about as balanced as pairings get in this database. Neither component dramatically overshadows the other.

Where each limits: in gaming at 1080p and 1440p, the GPU is the limiter, which is the preferred arrangement — the 2048 shading units and 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth define the frame ceiling, while the CPU's strong single-thread scores keep frame times consistent. In heavily threaded productivity — rendering, compiling, batch encoding — the CPU's 25369 R23 multi-core score is the engine, and the GPU's OpenCL score of 83109 provides useful secondary compute until the 8 GB buffer becomes the constraint in GPU-heavy pipelines.

Scaling evidence supports this. The CPU's 3DMark thread scaling (2176 → 4279 → 7649 → 10075 → 11737) shows it can feed more graphics hardware than the RX 7650 GRE demands, which means a future GPU upgrade on this platform would not immediately hit a CPU wall. The GPU's x8 PCIe 4.0 interface is worth noting as a minor factor at the very high end, but within its performance bracket it is not a practical limitation. For VRAM-sensitive workloads, the 8 GB capacity is the first bottleneck to appear, ahead of compute or CPU throughput.

Build Overview

This is a desktop build (buildClass: desktop) pairing a 13th-generation Intel mainstream-flagship chip with a current-generation AMD midrange graphics card. The combined percentile of 84 places the full system in the top tier of tracked builds — high-performing without entering halo territory. The i7-13700 contributes 16 cores, 24 threads, DDR4/DDR5 flexibility, Gen 5 CPU PCIe lanes, and ECC support on Socket 1700; the RX 7650 GRE contributes RDNA 3.0 silicon, ray tracing via 32 RT cores, DirectX 12 Ultimate feature support, and dual-slot compactness with a single 8-pin connector.

The platform details make it a builder-friendly combination: a 65 W TDP processor that a capable air cooler handles comfortably, a 170 W graphics card with a 450 W suggested PSU, and modern display connectivity through one HDMI 2.1a and three DisplayPort 2.1 outputs. Both parts are in active production status. The CPU's UHD Graphics 770 iGPU adds redundancy for troubleshooting.

Benchmark Performance

The exact scores, consolidated.

CPU — Intel Core i7-1370 00 — correcting to the Intel Core i7-13700: 3DMark single-thread 1092, two-thread 2176, four-thread 4279, eight-thread 7649, sixteen-thread 10075, max-threads 11737; Cinebench R15 multi 3692 / single 285; Cinebench R20 multi 12806 / single 1807; Cinebench R23 multi 25369 / single 2008.5; Geekbench multi 17025 / single 2329; PassMark single-thread 4101, multithread 36387, physics 2053, integer math 138974, floating point 97723, compression 443900, encryption 25653, extended instructions 26578, string sorting 46418, prime numbers 147. Average benchmark score: 37135, at the 85th percentile of all CPUs. Nearest rivals: AMD Ryzen 7 160 (0%), Intel Core i9-12900T (0.1%), AMD Ryzen 7 7735H (-0.1%), AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 (0.1%) — all statistically indistinguishable.

GPU — AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE: 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 2336; Geekbench OpenCL 83109. Average benchmark score: 42723, at the 83rd percentile of all GPUs. Nearest rivals: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (-1.2%), NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB (-1.2%), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile (-1.3%), NVIDIA Quadro M6000 (-1.3%).

The combined picture: a build at the 84th percentile with balanced components, a CPU that matches parts from newer generations within a fraction of a percent, and a GPU that tracks within about one percent of notably strong rivals. For 1080p-to-1440p gaming and multi-threaded productivity, the data shows this pairing delivering high-tier performance across the board — with all frame-rate expectations treated as estimates until measured FPS data for this exact combination is added to the database.

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