Intel Core i5-13450HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Core i5-13450HX vs Ryzen 9 8945HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 8945HX performs better than the Core i5-13450HX. Despite this, the Core i5-13450HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945HX 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. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13450HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13450HX. 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 i5-13450HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.