AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i7-13700H

Ryzen 9 5900X vs Core i7-13700H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13700H is faster than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13700H has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Indeed, the Core i7-13700H has 14 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 5900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900X has more threads than the Core i7-13700H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700H. Despite this, the Core i7-13700H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13700H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13700H.

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