Intel Core i5-13450HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Core i5-13450HX vs Ryzen 9 8940HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 8940HX performs better than the Core i5-13450HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13450HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-13450HX has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13450HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13450HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13450HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Core i5-13450HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

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