Intel Core i9-13980HX vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s

Core i9-13980HX vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s beats the Core i9-13980HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-13980HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s has significantly more cores than the Core i9-13980HX. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s has 32 cores compared to 5 cores found in the Core i9-13980HX. It also has more threads than the Core i9-13980HX. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13980HX. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-13980HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.