Intel Core i9-13900HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core CPU vs AMD 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
11415 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11803 points
13499 points
14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11141 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
10715 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11262 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
10514 points

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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
4.7 GHz
113% significantly higher clock speed

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
60th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
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Core i9-13900HX vs Ryzen 7 9850X3D specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 9850X3D performs better than the Core i9-13900HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13900HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13900HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 9850X3D that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 9850X3D has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13900HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-13900HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-13900HX.

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

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