AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Intel Core i7-13620H

Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Core i7-13620H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme beats the Core i7-13620H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13620H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-13620H has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen Z1 Extreme that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13620H. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13620H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. The Core i7-13620H 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 Z1 Extreme has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.