AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Intel Core i7-13800H

Ryzen 9 5900 vs Core i7-13800H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13800H performs better than the Ryzen 9 5900. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13800H has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 5900 has 12 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900 has more threads than the Core i7-13800H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13800H. Despite this, the Core i7-13800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13800H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900 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 5900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.