AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Intel Core i7-13700HX

Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Core i7-13700HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 3900XT performs better than the Core i7-13700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13700HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13700HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 3900XT that has 12 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to 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 9 3900XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700HX.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.