Intel Core i7-13650HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 16 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

10310 points
14296 points
38% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12063 points
12504 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9775 points
14928 points
52% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9667 points
15169 points
56% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8971 points
13404 points
49% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

235.32 points
463.74 points
97% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16
14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
32
60% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed
2.40 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5.2 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
16 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
64 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

80th of 1,089
28th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Core i7-13650HX vs Ryzen 9 7940HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7940HX beats the Core i7-13650HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13650HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 7940HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i7-13650HX has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13650HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-13650HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 7940HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 7940HX has more L2 cache than the Core i7-13650HX. The Ryzen 9 7940HX 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 i7-13650HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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