AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Intel Core i9-13950HX

Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Core i9-13950HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13950HX beats the Ryzen 9 3900XT in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 3900XT in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 3900XT has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 3900XT. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13950HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-13950HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 3900XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-13950HX.

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.