AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i7-13700HX

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

9598 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points

11005 points

47% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

9186 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

9129 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10804 points

21% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

8926 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

371.88 points

47% significantly higher Blender score

252.94 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

66% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

5 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB

14 MiB

75% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

113% significantly more L3 cache

30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

105th of 1,089

97th 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

Ryzen 9 3950X vs Core i7-13700HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13700HX is faster than the Ryzen 9 3950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 3950X in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 9 3950X has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 3950X 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13700HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 3950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3950X 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 3950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.