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

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 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

7869 points
9598 points
21% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9478 points
11005 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7328 points
9186 points
25% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7169 points
9129 points
27% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7634 points
8926 points
16% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

213.11 points
252.94 points
18% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15711 points
22598 points
43% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
80% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
14 MiB
250% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
6% slightly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

151st of 1,089
97th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
13th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i7-13700HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13700HX is faster than the Ryzen 7 5800X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13700HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 5800X 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 i7-13700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13700HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 5800X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700HX.

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

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