Intel Core i5-13600HX vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Core i5-13600HX vs Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 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 Threadripper 2970WX has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i5-13600HX that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13600HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13600HX. Despite this, the Core i5-13600HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-13600HX. The Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 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.