Intel Core i7-13700F 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

12127 points
6% slightly better overall score
11348 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13905 points
29% slightly better gaming score
10755 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11567 points
11614 points
0.41% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11436 points
11830 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.63 points
458.15 points
46% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
32
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

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

24 MiB
499% 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

53rd of 1,124
69th of 1,124

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

Core i7-13700F vs Ryzen 9 8940HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13700F 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 i7-13700F. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13700F has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Core i7-13700F 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 i7-13700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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