Intel Core i9-13900H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 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

7077 points
28% slightly better overall score
5521 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9022 points
12% slightly better gaming score
8044 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6522 points
36% slightly better multitasking score
4773 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6425 points
39% slightly better heavy workload score
4617 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8124 points
55% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5215 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

200.38 points
25% slightly higher Blender score
159.49 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
133% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
66% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.55 GHz
36% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
5 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
6 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

187th of 1,089
291st of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-13900H vs Ryzen 5 8500G benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 8500G is faster than the Core i9-13900H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13900H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13900H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 8500G that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900H. Despite this, the Core i9-13900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 8500G has more L2 cache than the Core i9-13900H. Despite this, the Core i9-13900H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 8500G.

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 i9-13900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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