AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i7-13850HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i7 20 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

9859 points

10% slightly better overall score

8904 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9924 points

10350 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9836 points

15% slightly better multitasking score

8534 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9828 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

8540 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.97 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

288.81 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

76% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

5.3 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB

28 MiB

366% 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

94th of 1,089

114th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

13th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 9 5900X vs Core i7-13850HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900X is faster than the Core i7-13850HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13850HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13850HX has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 5900X has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5900X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13850HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13850HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13850HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-13850HX.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.