Intel Core i9-13950HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 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

10700 points

16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9937 points

10758 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9021 points

10731 points

18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9146 points

10842 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

331.39 points

458.15 points

38% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz

2.9 GHz

31% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz

3% slightly higher turbo speed

5.3 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB

300% significantly more L2 cache

4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB

350% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

109th of 1,089

75th 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

2025 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 9 8940HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-13950HX is faster than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX 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 9 8940HX has 16 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed than 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 9 8940HX. The Core i9-13950HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-13950HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.