Intel Core i7-13700HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 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

9598 points
16% slightly better overall score
8215 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11005 points
2% slightly better gaming score
10758 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9186 points
24% slightly better multitasking score
7390 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9129 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score
7189 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8926 points
63% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5466 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

252.94 points
29% slightly higher Blender score
195.47 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

22598 points
51% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score
14873 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
100% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.30 GHz
57% significantly 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

14 MiB
75% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
87% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

97th of 1,089
139th 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
2023 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Core i7-13700HX vs Ryzen 7 7840U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 7840U performs better than the Core i7-13700HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13700HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13700HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 7840U has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7840U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7840U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700HX. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13700HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 7840U. The Core i7-13700HX 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 i7-13700HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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