AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i7-13620H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i7 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

9228 points
19% slightly better overall score
7691 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points
10139 points
35% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points
41% slightly better multitasking score
6947 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points
48% significantly better heavy workload score
6776 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10804 points
51% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
7150 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

371.88 points
115% significantly higher Blender score
172.32 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
60% significantly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
100% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
45% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4.9 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
9.5 MiB
18% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

105th of 1,089
159th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
13th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 3950X vs Core i7-13620H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 3950X is faster than the Core i7-13620H. Despite this, the Core i7-13620H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-13620H that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13620H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 3950X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13620H. Despite this, the Core i7-13620H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13620H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 3950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13620H.

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 3950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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