Intel Core i5-13600K vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Core i5-13600K vs Ryzen 9 8945HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 8945HX performs better than the Core i5-13600K. Despite this, the Core i5-13600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has significantly more cores than the Core i5-13600K. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i5-13600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-13600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8945HX outputs less heat than Core i5-13600K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13600K. 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 i5-13600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.