Intel Core i7-13700HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 8700G

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs AMD 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
9769 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11005 points
11596 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9186 points
0.45% slightly better multitasking score
9145 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9129 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
8951 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8926 points
12% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7917 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

252.94 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
245.43 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
4.2 GHz
100% 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
95th 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
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Core i7-13700HX vs Ryzen 7 8700G specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 8700G is faster 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 8700G has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8700G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 8700G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700HX. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13700HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 8700G. The Core i7-13700HX 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 i7-13700HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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