Intel Core i7-13800H vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Core i7-13800H vs Ryzen 9 8940HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13800H 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 Ryzen 9 8940HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-13800H that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13800H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13800H. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13800H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Core i7-13800H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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