AMD Ryzen 9 7900 vs Intel Core i5-13600HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 12 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 14 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

13078 points
34% slightly better overall score
9716 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13206 points
11% slightly better gaming score
11822 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13028 points
43% significantly better multitasking score
9088 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13011 points
44% significantly better heavy workload score
8975 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

394.92 points
261% significantly higher Blender score
109.13 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
20% slightly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.70 GHz
42% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
4% slightly more L2 cache
11.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

40th of 1,089
96th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 January
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 7900 vs Core i5-13600HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7900 is faster than the Core i5-13600HX. Despite this, the Core i5-13600HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13600HX has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7900. Indeed, the Core i5-13600HX has 14 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900 has more threads than the Core i5-13600HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13600HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 7900 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-13600HX. The Ryzen 9 7900 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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