Intel Core i7-13800H vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 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

9209 points

10175 points

10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11569 points

32% slightly better gaming score

8712 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8514 points

10760 points

26% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8394 points

11072 points

31% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

192.82 points

367.23 points

90% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

60% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.30 GHz

32% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

4.8 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

11.5 MiB

43% significantly more L2 cache

8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB

64 MiB

166% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

106th of 1,089

83rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February

2024 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-13800H vs Ryzen 9 5900XT specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900XT performs better than the Core i7-13800H. Despite this, the Core i7-13800H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900XT has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i7-13800H has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13800H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900XT has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13800H. Despite this, the Core i7-13800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13800H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5900XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13800H.

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 i7-13800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.