Intel Core i7-13850HX vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 20 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 6 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

8904 points

2% slightly better overall score

8673 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10350 points

12393 points

19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8534 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

7498 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8540 points

17% slightly better heavy workload score

7245 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

288.81 points

23% slightly higher Blender score

233.29 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

233% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

133% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

3.9 GHz

85% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz

5.4 GHz

1% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB

366% significantly more L2 cache

6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB

32 MiB

6% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

114th of 1,089

118th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February

2024 August

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 i7-13850HX vs Ryzen 5 9600X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13850HX performs better than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13850HX has significantly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 9600X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13850HX. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13850HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13850HX.

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 i7-13850HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.