Intel Core i5-13400F vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8423 points
9048 points
7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10881 points
10935 points
0.50% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7653 points
8413 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7469 points
8221 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7348 points
7779 points
5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

197.47 points
225.40 points
14% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15911 points
18131 points
13% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10863 points
11485 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2293 points
2444 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
4.00 GHz
60% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5.2 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
8 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

129th of 1,089
110th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2023 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Core i5-13400F vs Ryzen 9 7940HS benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7940HS performs better than the Core i5-13400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13400F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13400F has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. Indeed, the Core i5-13400F has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7940HS. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13400F. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13400F. Despite this, the Core i5-13400F has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HS.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-13400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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