Intel Core i9-13900HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840U

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 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

11230 points
44% significantly better overall score
7756 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11803 points
15% slightly better gaming score
10179 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11141 points
59% significantly better multitasking score
6990 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11262 points
65% significantly better heavy workload score
6806 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11920 points
108% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5705 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

346.75 points
104% significantly higher Blender score
169.90 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
200% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
100% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
3.30 GHz
50% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
5.1 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
125% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

64th of 1,089
156th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
-

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Core i9-13900HX vs Ryzen 7 8840U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900HX beats the Ryzen 7 8840U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 8840U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13900HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 8840U has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8840U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 8840U has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-13900HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 8840U. The Core i9-13900HX 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 i9-13900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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