AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core i9-13900HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 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

13554 points

20% slightly better overall score

11230 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13457 points

14% slightly better gaming score

11803 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13583 points

21% slightly better multitasking score

11141 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13587 points

20% slightly better heavy workload score

11262 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12798 points

7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

11920 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

412.82 points

19% slightly higher Blender score

346.75 points

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

29628 points

32623 points

10% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.7 GHz

113% significantly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz

3% slightly higher turbo speed

5.4 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB

32 MiB

166% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

77% significantly more L3 cache

36 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

36th of 1,089

64th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

13th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 September

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 9 7900X vs Core i9-13900HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7900X performs better than the Core i9-13900HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13900HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13900HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7900X that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7900X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-13900HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-13900HX.

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 7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.