Intel Core i9-13900HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 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

2% slightly better overall score

10982 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11803 points

13108 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11141 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

10252 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11262 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

10031 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11920 points

18% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

10082 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

346.75 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

325.43 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

4.7 GHz

113% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz

3% slightly higher turbo speed

5.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

96 MiB

166% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

64th of 1,089

70th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February

2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Core i9-13900HX vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900HX beats the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13900HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to 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 9800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-13900HX.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-13900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.