AMD Ryzen 9 7940H vs Intel Core i5-13500E

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 7940H and Intel Core i5-13500E processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H

  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 5.2 GHz vs 4.60 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 4 nm vs 7 nm
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3956 vs 3858
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 28660 vs 28036
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 5.2 GHz vs 4.60 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3956 vs 3858
PassMark - CPU mark 28660 vs 28036

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-13500E

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 8
  • 4 more threads: 20 vs 16
  • 2.2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2293760x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 1310720x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 14 vs 8
Number of threads 20 vs 16
L1 cache 1120 KB vs 64K (per core)
L2 cache 17.5 MB vs 1MB (per core)
L3 cache 20 MB vs 16MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-13500E

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3956
3858
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
28660
28036
Name AMD Ryzen 9 7940H Intel Core i5-13500E
PassMark - Single thread mark 3956 3858
PassMark - CPU mark 28660 28036

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 7940H Intel Core i5-13500E

Essentials

Launch date Jan 2023 4 Jan 2023
Place in performance rating 181 206
Architecture codename Raptor Lake
Processor Number i5-13500E
Series 13th Generation Intel Core i5 Processors
Vertical segment Embedded

Performance

Base frequency 4 GHz 2.40 GHz
Die size 178 mm²
L1 cache 64K (per core) 1120 KB
L2 cache 1MB (per core) 17.5 MB
L3 cache 16MB (shared) 20 MB
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 5.2 GHz 4.60 GHz
Number of cores 8 14
Number of threads 16 20
Transistor count 25,000 million
Unlocked
64 bit support

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5-5600 MHz, Dual-channel Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 54 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP8
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt
Package Size 45.0 mm x 37.5 mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2020C

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 4, 20 Lanes, (CPU only) Up to 1x16+4, 2x8+4
Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 5.0 and 4.0
Scalability 1S Only

Graphics

Device ID 0x4680
Execution Units 32
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.55 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 4

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)