Intel Core i5-13400F vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 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
8535 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10881 points
34% slightly better gaming score
8107 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7653 points
8825 points
15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7469 points
9118 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

197.47 points
468.88 points
137% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
16
60% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
32
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
2.50 GHz
0.04% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5.4 GHz
17% 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
16 MiB
700% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
64 MiB
220% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

129th of 1,089
124th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Core i5-13400F vs Ryzen 9 8945HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 8945HX beats the Core i5-13400F in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-13400F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has significantly more cores than the Core i5-13400F. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-13400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13400F. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-13400F. The Ryzen 9 8945HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-13400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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