Intel Core i7-13700H vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840U

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 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

7252 points
7756 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9095 points
10179 points
11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6721 points
6990 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6634 points
6806 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7712 points
35% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5705 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

188.68 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
169.90 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
75% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.30 GHz
37% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.1 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

11.5 MiB
43% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

174th of 1,089
156th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-13700H vs Ryzen 7 8840U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13700H is faster than the Ryzen 7 8840U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8840U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 7 8840U that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8840U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8840U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700H. Also, the Ryzen 7 8840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13700H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 8840U. The Core i7-13700H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-13700H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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