Intel Core i5-13600HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 14 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

9716 points
10700 points
10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11822 points
9% slightly better gaming score
10758 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9088 points
10731 points
18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8975 points
10842 points
20% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

109.13 points
458.15 points
319% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16
14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
32
60% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
2.9 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.3 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

11.5 MiB
187% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

96th of 1,089
75th 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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Core i5-13600HX vs Ryzen 9 8940HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13600HX performs better than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-13600HX that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13600HX. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13600HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13600HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Core i5-13600HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-13600HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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