Intel Core i7-13700H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

Core i7-13700H vs Ryzen 5 8640HS benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13700H is faster than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8640HS in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13700H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 8640HS that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8640HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700H. Despite this, the Core i7-13700H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13700H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. The Core i7-13700H 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 i7-13700H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.