AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i7-13700H

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i7-13700H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5800X beats the Core i7-13700H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13700H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13700H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 5800X that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13700H. Despite this, the Core i7-13700H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13700H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 5800X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700H.

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 Ryzen 7 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.