Intel Core i9-13950HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945H

Core i9-13950HX vs Ryzen 9 8945H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 8945H performs better than the Core i9-13950HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13950HX in all gaming tests too.

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 9 8945H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8945H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13950HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8945H. The Core i9-13950HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-13950HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.