AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Intel Core i5-13450HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 8 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 10 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

9048 points
9% slightly better overall score
8283 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10935 points
2% slightly better gaming score
10710 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8413 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
7509 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8221 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
7317 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

225.40 points
16% slightly higher Blender score
192.97 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.00 GHz
66% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
9.5 MiB
18% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
20 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

110th of 1,089
135th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 April
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Core i5-13450HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7940HS is faster than the Core i5-13450HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13450HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13450HX has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. Indeed, the Core i5-13450HX has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7940HS. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13450HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13450HX has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HS. 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 7940HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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