AMD Ryzen 9 7940H vs Intel Core i9-13900HX

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 7940H and Intel Core i9-13900HX 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 4 nm vs 7 nm
  • Around 57% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 55 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 55 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-13900HX

  • 16 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 8
  • 16 more threads: 32 vs 16
  • Around 4% higher clock speed: 5.40 GHz vs 5.2 GHz
  • 3.8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 6291456x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2359296x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 4121 vs 3956
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 44115 vs 28660
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 24 vs 8
Number of threads 32 vs 16
Maximum frequency 5.40 GHz vs 5.2 GHz
L1 cache 1920 KB vs 64K (per core)
L2 cache 48 MB vs 1MB (per core)
L3 cache 36 MB vs 16MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 4121 vs 3956
PassMark - CPU mark 44115 vs 28660

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-13900HX

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3956
4121
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
28660
44115
Name AMD Ryzen 9 7940H Intel Core i9-13900HX
PassMark - Single thread mark 3956 4121
PassMark - CPU mark 28660 44115
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 11882

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 7940H Intel Core i9-13900HX

Essentials

Launch date Jan 2023 4 Jan 2023
Place in performance rating 181 116
Architecture codename Raptor Lake
Launch price (MSRP) $668
Processor Number i9-13900HX
Series 13th Generation Intel Core i9 Processors
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 4 GHz
Die size 178 mm²
L1 cache 64K (per core) 1920 KB
L2 cache 1MB (per core) 48 MB
L3 cache 16MB (shared) 36 MB
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 5.2 GHz 5.40 GHz
Number of cores 8 24
Number of threads 16 32
Transistor count 25,000 million
Unlocked
64 bit support

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5-5600 MHz, Dual-channel Up to DDR5 5600 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 89.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 54 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP8 FCBGA1964
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 55 Watt
Package Size 45.0 mm x 37.5 mm

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 0xA788
Execution Units 32
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.65 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics for 13th Gen Intel Processors

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 12.1
OpenGL 4.6

Security & Reliability

Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading 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)