Intel Core i9-13980HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 5 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 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

11886 points
69% significantly better overall score
6994 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12708 points
54% significantly better gaming score
8202 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11757 points
78% significantly better multitasking score
6575 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11895 points
84% significantly better heavy workload score
6440 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12948 points
91% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
6750 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

369.58 points
97% significantly higher Blender score
187.18 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

5
8
60% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

10
16
60% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
3.58 GHz
62% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
36% slightly higher turbo speed
4.1 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

256 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
96 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

54th of 1,089
194th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR4

Core i9-13980HX vs Ryzen 7 5700X3D benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13980HX beats the Ryzen 7 5700X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5700X3D in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5700X3D has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i9-13980HX has 5 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-13980HX. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5700X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13980HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13980HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i9-13980HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 5700X3D. The Core i9-13980HX 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 i9-13980HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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