AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX vs Intel Core i5-13500T

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 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

10538 points
18% slightly better overall score
8912 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9595 points
10575 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10967 points
30% slightly better multitasking score
8418 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11265 points
35% slightly better heavy workload score
8343 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

468.88 points
175% significantly higher Blender score
170.27 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
14% slightly more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
60% significantly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.50 GHz
56% significantly higher clock speed
1.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
17% 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

16 MiB
39% 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

80th of 1,118
119th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 April
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 8945HX vs Core i5-13500T specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 8945HX is faster than the Core i5-13500T. Despite this, the Core i5-13500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has slightly more cores than the Core i5-13500T. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has 16 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i5-13500T. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13500T. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13500T. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i5-13500T. The Ryzen 9 8945HX 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 8945HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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