Intel Core i7 13650HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 13650HX with 14-cores against the 2.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX with 16-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7945HX and 13650HX
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13650HX
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
  • Has 40 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Radeon 610M integrated graphics: 0.6 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2901 vs 2574 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (146th and 41st place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
17828
File compression 1110 MB/sec 1590 MB/sec
Clang compilation 108.1 Klines/sec 190.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 302.3 pages/sec 320.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 382.7 Mpixels/sec 474.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 248.2 pages/sec 296.8 pages/sec
Background blur 56.4 images/sec 66.1 images/sec
Photo processing 112.5 images/sec 114.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 24.4 Mpixels/sec 43 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 953 & 677 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
53917
Integer math 101.8 GOps/sec 205.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 74.6 GOps/sec 122.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 101M Primes/sec 280M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.3M Strings/sec 81.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.2 GBytes/sec 42.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 374 MBytes/sec 699.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1700 Frames/sec 2450 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 22.4B Matrices/sec 51.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 3495 & 2890 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
472.26

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.8 PPW 24.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 242.3 PPW 237.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 546.2 PPW 718.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.44 PPW 6.3 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 13650HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-04 (ujjwal)Geekbench 6 CPU2536 / 13528
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-21 (John Fernand)Cinebench 2024110 / 1033
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-21 (John Fernand)Cinebench 2024110 / 1033
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-10 (iris)Geekbench 6 CPU2536 / 13872
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-22 -> Awa OcinCinebench 2024111 / 1107
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Qwerrty574)Geekbench 6 CPU2949 / 17981
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Qwerrty574)Cinebench 2024116 / 1901
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-02 (ceratogyrus35)Cinebench 2024114 / 1834
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-18 (Baka)Cinebench 2024112 / 1552

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13650HX and AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Model number i7-13650HX -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (16EU) Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX - Intel Core i9 13950HX
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX -
Intel CPU rating (#100th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#24th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 16
P-Threads 12 32
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.9 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 16
Total Threads 20 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 25x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 13.1 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 55-75 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W -
Socket BGA-1964 FL1
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (131st and 36th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (16EU) Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 128 128
TMUs 8 8
ROPs 4 4
Execution Units 16 2
TGP 6-15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.4 TFLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 13650HX official page AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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