Intel Core i7-13650HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

Core i7-13650HX vs Ryzen 9 8945HS benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13650HX performs better than the Ryzen 9 8945HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8945HS in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13650HX has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 8945HS that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8945HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13650HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 8945HS has more L2 cache than the Core i7-13650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13650HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 8945HS.

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 i7-13650HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.