Intel Core i9-13980HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 5 core CPU vs AMD 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
4% slightly better overall score
11415 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12708 points
13499 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11757 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
10715 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11895 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
10514 points

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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
4.7 GHz
113% significantly higher clock speed

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

256 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
96 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

54th of 1,089
60th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
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Core i9-13980HX vs Ryzen 7 9850X3D comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13980HX beats the Ryzen 7 9850X3D in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D has significantly more cores than the Core i9-13980HX. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D has 8 cores compared to 5 cores found in the Core i9-13980HX. It also has more threads than the Core i9-13980HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13980HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-13980HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. The Core i9-13980HX 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 i9-13980HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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