AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i7-13700H

Ryzen 9 3900X vs Core i7-13700H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 3900X beats the Core i7-13700H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-13700H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13700H has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 3900X has 12 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900X has more threads than the Core i7-13700H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 3900X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13700H. Despite this, the Core i7-13700H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13700H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 3900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900X has significantly 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 9 3900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.