Intel Core i9 13900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

We compared two CPUs: the 3 GHz Intel Core i9 13900K (desktop) with 24-cores against the 2.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX (laptop) 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 13900K
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900K
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 770 integrated graphics: 0.8 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 28 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming

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 2026 (Single) 673 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 8146 -
Cinebench Scores (#7th 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)
20498
File compression 1570 MB/sec 1590 MB/sec
Clang compilation 193.2 Klines/sec 190.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 477 pages/sec 320.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 560.7 Mpixels/sec 474.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 301.8 pages/sec 296.8 pages/sec
Background blur 75.8 images/sec 66.1 images/sec
Photo processing 162.5 images/sec 114.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 43.5 Mpixels/sec 43 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 683 & 677 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
58087
Integer math 206.4 GOps/sec 205.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 150.5 GOps/sec 122.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 232M Primes/sec 280M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 86.9M Strings/sec 81.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 46.2 GBytes/sec 42.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 785.8 MBytes/sec 699.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 3101 Frames/sec 2450 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 46B Matrices/sec 51.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 12796 & 2890 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
529.69

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.2 PPW 24.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 164 PPW 237.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 464.7 PPW 718.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.24 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 i9 13900K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Marcus Kuronen)Cinebench 2026645 / 7225
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-11 (Nagambie)Cinebench 2026673 / 8146
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-09 (veshelya)Cinebench 2024133 / 941
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-23 (Rohit007)Cinebench 2024124 / 1906
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-09 (LieInMyEyes)Cinebench 2024126 / 1771
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 i9 13900K and AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released September 27, 2022 January 4, 2023
Type Desktop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Model number i9-13900K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - Intel Core i9 13950HX
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K -
Intel CPU rating (#14th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#24th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 16 32
Base Frequency (P) 3.0 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 -
E-Threads 16 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.2 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 24 16
Total Threads 32 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 30x 25x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 13.1 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 55-75 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 253 W -
Socket LGA-1700 FL1
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#21st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 256 128
TMUs 16 8
ROPs 8 4
Execution Units 32 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.8 TFLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 13900K official page AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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