AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i7-13800H

Ryzen 9 3950X vs Core i7-13800H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-13800H beats the Ryzen 9 3950X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 3950X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 3950X has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-13800H that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13800H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13800H. Despite this, the Core i7-13800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13800H 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 i7-13800H.

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.