Intel Core i7-13700HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

Core i7-13700HX vs Ryzen 9 8945HS benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13700HX beats the Ryzen 9 8945HS in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13700HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 8945HS. Indeed, the Core i7-13700HX has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 8945HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8945HS. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 8945HS 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 9 8945HS. 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.