Intel Core i9-11900H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

Core i9-11900H vs Ryzen 5 7430U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7430U performs better than the Core i9-11900H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11900H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-11900H has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7430U that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7430U. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-11900H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7430U.

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 i9-11900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.