Intel Core i9-13900HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Core i9-13900HX vs Ryzen 9 8945HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900HX beats the Ryzen 9 8945HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8945HX 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 9 8945HX that has 16 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900HX. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-13900HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX 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.