Intel Core i7-13700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 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

11040 points

3% slightly better overall score

10700 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13218 points

22% slightly better gaming score

10758 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10372 points

10731 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10223 points

10842 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

316.57 points

458.15 points

44% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

2.9 GHz

38% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz

5.3 GHz

1% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB

274% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

68th 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

DDR5-5600

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-13700 vs Ryzen 9 8940HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13700 performs better than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 9 8940HX has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13700. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13700 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Core i7-13700 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 i7-13700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.