Intel Core i7-13700HX vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series 24 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
9951 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11005 points
52% significantly better gaming score
7212 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9186 points
11058 points
20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9129 points
11834 points
29% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

252.94 points
397.75 points
57% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
48
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3 GHz
42% much higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
19% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

14 MiB
16% slightly more L2 cache
12 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
64 MiB
113% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

97th of 1,089
91st of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2018 October

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Core i7-13700HX vs Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX beats the Core i7-13700HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-13700HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core i7-13700HX has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13700HX. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has a much higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13700HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700HX.

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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