AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Intel Core i5-13450HX

Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Core i5-13450HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900HX performs better than the Core i5-13450HX. Despite this, the Core i5-13450HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13450HX has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 5900HX has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13450HX. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13450HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5900HX. The Core i5-13450HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 5900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.