Intel Core i9-13980HX vs AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

Core i9-13980HX vs RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-13980HX performs better than the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i9-13980HX that has 5 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-13980HX. Our comparison shows that the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13980HX. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. 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.