AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Intel Core i5-13450HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 10 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

8378 points
1% slightly better overall score
8283 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8533 points
10710 points
25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8330 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
7509 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8329 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
7317 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

275.17 points
42% slightly higher Blender score
192.97 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
20% slightly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
58% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
9.5 MiB
58% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
220% significantly more L3 cache
20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

131st of 1,089
135th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Core i5-13450HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 3900XT is faster than the Core i5-13450HX. Despite this, the Core i5-13450HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 3900XT has slightly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i5-13450HX that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13450HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 3900XT has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13450HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13450HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 3900XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13450HX.

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 3900XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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