Intel Core i7-13700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Core i7-13700 vs Ryzen 9 9955HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9955HX beats the Core i7-13700 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-13700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 9 9955HX has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13700. Also, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-13700. The Ryzen 9 9955HX 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.