AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i7-13650HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i7 14 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
10310 points
11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points
12063 points
61% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points
0.71% slightly better multitasking score
9775 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
9667 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10804 points
20% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
8971 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

371.88 points
58% significantly higher Blender score
235.32 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
14% slightly more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
60% significantly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
34% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 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
100% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

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
80th 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
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 9 3950X vs Core i7-13650HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 3950X is faster than the Core i7-13650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13650HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 3950X has slightly more cores than the Core i7-13650HX. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has 16 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i7-13650HX. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13650HX. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13650HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 3950X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-13650HX. The Ryzen 9 3950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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

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