Intel Core i7-13700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 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

14064 points
31% slightly better overall score
10700 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14948 points
38% slightly better gaming score
10758 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13769 points
28% slightly better multitasking score
10731 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13714 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score
10842 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

398.19 points
458.15 points
15% slightly higher Blender score

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
17% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
5.3 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
700% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
274% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

29th of 1,090
76th of 1,090

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 November
2025 April

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 8940HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13700K performs better than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 9 8940HX has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-13700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Also, the Core i7-13700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8940HX outputs less heat than Core i7-13700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13700K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Core i7-13700K also has significantly more L3 cache.

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

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