Intel Core i7-13850HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945H

Core i7-13850HX vs Ryzen 9 8945H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13850HX is faster than the Ryzen 9 8945H. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13850HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 8945H. Indeed, the Core i7-13850HX has 20 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 8945H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8945H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13850HX. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13850HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 8945H. The Core i7-13850HX 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 i7-13850HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.