Intel Core i9-13900H vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 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

7116 points
11639 points
63% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9087 points
10967 points
20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6553 points
11930 points
82% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6455 points
12144 points
88% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

200.38 points
458.15 points
128% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16
14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
32
60% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
2.9 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
5.3 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
Identical
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

197th of 1,125
58th of 1,125

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i9-13900H vs Ryzen 9 8940HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 8940HX 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i9-13900H has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-13900H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13900H. Despite this, the Core i9-13900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Core i9-13900H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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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