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

Core i7-13700HX vs Ryzen 9 8945HX benchmarks

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

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 9 8945HX has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-13700HX. The Ryzen 9 8945HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.