Intel Core i9-13950HX vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Core i9-13950HX vs Ryzen 5 9600X specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-13950HX performs better than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13950HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X. The Core i9-13950HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i9-13950HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.