Thermal Grizzly Ryzen 7 000 AM5
Thermal Grizzly
13 Overall Score
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Intel Core i9 13900F 24-core LGA1700
Intel
85 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
Thermal Grizzly Ryzen 7 000 AM5
No customer feedback yet
Intel Core i9 13900F 24-core LGA1700
68 out of 100 medium confidence 13 reviews
The Intel i9-13900F delivers exceptional gaming and productivity performance, with users reporting massive FPS jumps and cool running temperatures even under sustained load. However, the included stock cooler (Laminar RH1) is widely criticized for failing within a year, and several buyers faced frustrating installation hassles like BIOS updates and OS drive recognition issues. While the CPU itself is a powerhouse, the cooler's poor reliability and occasional promotion disputes bring the overall experience down.
Pros
- Exceptional gaming performance
- Massive FPS boost over older CPUs
- Runs cool under sustained load
- Fast and smooth right out of the box
- Great value for the price
Cons
- Included cooler fails within a year
- Stock cooler produces annoying ticking noise
- Installation hassles with BIOS and drive recognition
- No integrated graphics (F model)
- Unreliable promotional offers from Amazon
Performance 9
Stock cooler reliability 4
Installation difficulty 3
Value for money 4
Temperature management 5
No integrated graphics 1
Scores
Efficiency
Productivity
Ai Llm
Budget
Server
Gaming
Specifications
| Thermal Grizzly Ryzen 7 000 | Intel Core i9 13900F | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | ||
| Brand | AMD | Intel |
| Series | — | Core i9 |
| Model | 000 | 13900F |
| Codename | — | Raptor Lake-S |
| Class | desktop | desktop |
| Process | — | 10★ |
| Cores & Clocks | ||
| Cores | — | 24★ |
| P-cores | — | 8★ |
| E-cores | — | 16★ |
| Threads | — | 32★ |
| Base Clock | No data | |
| Boost Clock | No data | |
| Cache | ||
| L2 Cache | — | 16★ |
| L3 Cache | — | 36★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark Multi | No data | |
| PassMark Single | No data | |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | — | DDR5★ |
| Max Speed | No data | |
| Channels | — | 2★ |
| Max Memory | No data | |
| ECC | — | ✓★ |
| Platform & Power | ||
| Socket | AM5 | LGA1700 |
| PCIe | — | 5.0 |
| PCIe Lanes | — | 20★ |
| TDP | — | 65★ |
| Max Turbo Power | — | 219★ |
| Unlocked | — | ✗ |
| Graphics & AI | ||
| Integrated Graphics | — | none |
Pros & Cons
Thermal Grizzly Ryzen 7 000 AM5
- Strong affordability (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Strong social proof (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Below average single thread (3rd percentile)3rd %ile
- Below average ai (3rd percentile)3rd %ile
- Below average multi thread (4th percentile)4th %ile
- Below average efficiency (4th percentile)4th %ile
Intel Core i9 13900F 24-core LGA1700
- Strong efficiency (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong single thread (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong platform (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Strong multi thread (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Below average user sentiment (12th percentile)12th %ile
- Below average affordability (20th percentile)20th %ile
Pricing
Thermal Grizzly Ryzen 7 000 AM50.524score per dollar
vs
Intel Core i9 13900F 24-core LGA17000.145score per dollar
Thermal Grizzly Ryzen 7 000 AM5 offers 3.6x better value for money
Verdict
Winner: Intel Core i9 13900F
Scores 85 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 19 of 28 specs.
