Intel Core i9-13980HX vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

Core i9-13980HX vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s performs better than the Core i9-13980HX. 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 5955WX s has significantly more cores than the Core i9-13980HX. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s has 16 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 5955WX s 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 Threadripper PRO 5955WX s. 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.