Intel Core i7-13700HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Core i7-13700HX vs Ryzen 9 5900XT specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900XT performs better than the Core i7-13700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13700HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 9 5900XT has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13700HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 5900XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700HX.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-13700HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.