Intel Core i9-13980HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Core i9-13980HX vs Ryzen 9 9900X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 9900X is faster than the Core i9-13980HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13980HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 9900X has significantly more cores than the Core i9-13980HX. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9900X has 12 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 9 9900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13980HX. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-13980HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 9900X. 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.