AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Intel Core i7-13700H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 8 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i7 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

9048 points
24% slightly better overall score
7252 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10935 points
20% slightly better gaming score
9095 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8413 points
25% slightly better multitasking score
6721 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8221 points
23% slightly better heavy workload score
6634 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7779 points
0.87% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7712 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

225.40 points
19% slightly higher Blender score
188.68 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

18131 points
20034 points
10% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

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
4% slightly higher turbo speed
5 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
11.5 MiB
43% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

110th of 1,089
174th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
13th Generation Core i7

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)
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Core i7-13700H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13700H is faster than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7940HS in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13700H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HS that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700H. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13700H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. The Core i7-13700H also has significantly 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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