Intel Core i7-13700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 16 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

14060 points
0.40% slightly better overall score
14004 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14945 points
20% slightly better gaming score
12364 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13764 points
14599 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13708 points
14860 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12634 points
13984 points
10% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

398.19 points
475.58 points
19% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

30753 points
34613 points
12% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

16968 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
14865 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2801 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
2684 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

17684 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
16083 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2847 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2764 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
32
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
35% slightly higher clock speed
2.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
Identical
5.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
55 W
127% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache
1024 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
16 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

29th of 1,089
31st of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 November
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i7-13700K vs Ryzen 9 7945HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7945HX is faster than the Core i7-13700K. Despite this, the Core i7-13700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 9 7945HX has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-13700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7945HX. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13700K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 7945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700K.

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 i7-13700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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