AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Intel Core i9-13900HK

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS and Intel Core i9-13900HK 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 8945HS

  • CPU is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 4 nm vs 7 nm
Launch date 6 Dec 2023 vs 4 Jan 2023
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 7 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-13900HK

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 8
  • 4 more threads: 20 vs 16
  • Around 4% higher clock speed: 5.40 GHz vs 5.2 GHz
  • 2.2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3.5x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3967 vs 3861
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 31536 vs 29411
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 14 vs 8
Number of threads 20 vs 16
Maximum frequency 5.40 GHz vs 5.2 GHz
L1 cache 1120 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 28 MB vs 1 MB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3967 vs 3861
PassMark - CPU mark 31536 vs 29411

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-13900HK

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3861
3967
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
29411
31536
Name AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS Intel Core i9-13900HK
PassMark - Single thread mark 3861 3967
PassMark - CPU mark 29411 31536

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS Intel Core i9-13900HK

Essentials

Launch date 6 Dec 2023 4 Jan 2023
Place in performance rating 195 162
Architecture codename Raptor Lake
Launch price (MSRP) $697
Processor Number i9-13900HK
Series 13th Generation Intel Core i9 Processors
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 4 GHz
Die size 178 mm²
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 1120 KB
L2 cache 1 MB (per core) 28 MB
L3 cache 16 MB (shared)
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 14
Number of threads 16 20
Transistor count 25,000 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 24 MB

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5 Up to DDR5 5200 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s Up to LPDDR5/x 6400 MT/s Up to LPDDR4x 4267 MT/s
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory size 64 GB

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 35-54 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP8 FCBGA1744
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 45 Watt
Package Size 50 mm x 25 mm

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 4, 20 Lanes, (CPU only)
Max number of PCIe lanes 28

Graphics

Device ID 0xA7A0
Execution Units 96
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.50 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics eligible

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 4

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12.1
OpenGL 4.6

Security & Reliability

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