Intel Core i9-13900HX vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series 32 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
3% slightly better overall score
10823 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11803 points
57% significantly better gaming score
7475 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11141 points
12159 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11262 points
13149 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

346.75 points
458.04 points
32% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
32
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
64
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
3 GHz
36% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
28% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
16 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
64 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

64th of 1,089
73rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2018 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Core i9-13900HX vs Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-13900HX performs better than the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has slightly more cores than the Core i9-13900HX. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has 32 cores compared to 24 cores found in the Core i9-13900HX. It also has more threads than the Core i9-13900HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-13900HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 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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