Intel Core i7-13700F vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

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

12031 points
40% slightly better overall score
8535 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13909 points
71% significantly better gaming score
8107 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11438 points
29% slightly better multitasking score
8825 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11295 points
23% slightly better heavy workload score
9118 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.63 points
468.88 points
49% 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
2.50 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
5.4 GHz
3% 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
49% significantly more L2 cache
16 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
64 MiB
113% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

52nd of 1,089
124th 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

Core i7-13700F vs Ryzen 9 8945HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 8945HX is faster than the Core i7-13700F. Despite this, the Core i7-13700F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 9 8945HX has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13700F. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13700F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700F.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-13700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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