AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i9-13950HX

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core i9-13950HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13950HX beats the Ryzen 5 5600X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Indeed, the Core i9-13950HX has 24 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13950HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600X. The Core i9-13950HX also has slightly 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 Ryzen 5 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.