Intel Core i7-13700KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 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

14597 points

2% slightly better overall score

14296 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15533 points

24% slightly better gaming score

12504 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14287 points

14928 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14235 points

15169 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12620 points

13404 points

6% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

392.10 points

463.74 points

18% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

41% slightly higher clock speed

2.40 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz

3% slightly higher turbo speed

5.2 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

Identical

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

26th of 1,089

28th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 November

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-13700KF vs Ryzen 9 7940HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13700KF performs better than the Ryzen 9 7940HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7940HX in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 9 7940HX has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-13700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HX. Also, the Core i7-13700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7940HX outputs less heat than Core i7-13700KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13700KF has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7940HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7940HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700KF.

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