AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i9-13900H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i9 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6549 points

7077 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points

9022 points

14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6111 points

6522 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5988 points

6425 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6209 points

8124 points

30% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.59 points

200.38 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

49% significantly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

5.4 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

Identical

4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

218th of 1,089

187th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

13th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 3800X vs Core i9-13900H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 3800X is faster than the Core i9-13900H. Despite this, the Core i9-13900H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13900H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 3800X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3800X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900H. Despite this, the Core i9-13900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Ryzen 7 3800X also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.