Intel Core i9-13950HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 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

9156 points
9424 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9937 points
11316 points
13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9021 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
8790 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9146 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
8596 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12485 points
58% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
7868 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

331.39 points
44% significantly higher Blender score
229.92 points

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
4.10 GHz
86% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
5 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
125% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

109th of 1,089
101st of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2024 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Core i9-13950HX vs Ryzen 7 8700F benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 8700F is faster than the Core i9-13950HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13950HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 8700F has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8700F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 8700F 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 7 8700F. The Core i9-13950HX also has significantly 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.

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