Intel Core i7-1370P vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 8 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

4257 points
10700 points
151% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6514 points
10758 points
65% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3700 points
10731 points
190% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3677 points
10842 points
194% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

169.34 points
458.15 points
170% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16
14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
32
60% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.9 GHz
2.9 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
5.3 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

11.5 MiB
187% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

414th of 1,089
75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-1370P vs Ryzen 9 8940HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-1370P beats the Ryzen 9 8940HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-1370P has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1370P. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-1370P has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Core i7-1370P 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 i7-1370P has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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