Intel Core i7-13620H vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 8 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

7691 points
10700 points
39% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10139 points
10758 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6947 points
10731 points
54% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6776 points
10842 points
60% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

172.32 points
458.15 points
165% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
16
60% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
32
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
2.9 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5.3 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9.5 MiB
137% 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

159th of 1,089
75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
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

DDR5-5200
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-13620H vs Ryzen 9 8940HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13620H is faster than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13620H has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Indeed, the Core i7-13620H has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 8940HX. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13620H. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13620H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Core i7-13620H 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 i7-13620H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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