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

Core i5-13600HX vs Ryzen 9 8940HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 8940HX performs better than the Core i5-13600HX. Despite this, the Core i5-13600HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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.