Intel Core i9-13900H vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800U

Core i9-13900H vs Ryzen 7 6800U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-13900H performs better than the Ryzen 7 6800U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 6800U 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 7 6800U that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 6800U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 6800U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13900H. Despite this, the Core i9-13900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i9-13900H 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 i9-13900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.