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

Core i7-13850HX vs Ryzen 9 8945HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13850HX performs better than the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8945HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13850HX has slightly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 8945HX that has 16 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has more threads than the Core i7-13850HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13850HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13850HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13850HX.

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