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

Core i5-13600KF vs Ryzen 9 8945HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 8945HX is faster than the Core i5-13600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-13600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-13600KF that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13600KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-13600KF has a slightly higher clock speed than 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 i5-13600KF 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 i5-13600KF. 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 i5-13600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.