Intel Core i5-13450HX vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Core i5-13450HX vs Ryzen 5 9600X benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 9600X beats the Core i5-13450HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13450HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13450HX has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 9600X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13450HX. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13450HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13450HX.

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 i5-13450HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.