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Intel Core i7 13700HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

59 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13700HX
VS
46 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
Intel Core i7 13700HX
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i7 13700HX with 16-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7730U with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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 7730U and 13700HX
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700HX
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 14 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 23% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2503 vs 2027 points
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics: 2 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 13700HX
vs
Ryzen 7 7730U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#99th place)
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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)
Core i7 13700HX +63%
13824
Ryzen 7 7730U
8485
File compression 1030 MB/sec 781.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 125.3 Klines/sec 69 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 302.7 pages/sec 163.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 380.8 Mpixels/sec 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 249.2 pages/sec 217.6 pages/sec
Background blur 52.9 images/sec 35.8 images/sec
Photo processing 113.6 images/sec 64.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 27.9 Mpixels/sec 17.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 606 & 1141 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700HX +86%
31601
Ryzen 7 7730U
16974
Integer math 113.4 GOps/sec 68.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 83.4 GOps/sec 36.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 118M Primes/sec 42M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.9M Strings/sec 22.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.7 GBytes/sec 13.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 381.2 MBytes/sec 213 MBytes/sec
Physics 1782 Frames/sec 701 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 23.4B Matrices/sec 13.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2352 & 2990 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 13700HX +99%
261.4
Ryzen 7 7730U
131.16

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.2 PPW 40.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 251.3 PPW 565.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 574.6 PPW 1131.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.75 PPW 8.74 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 13700HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-19 (Pckopat)Cinebench 202473 / 972
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-15 (LinyanShu)Geekbench 6 CPU2535 / 14327
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-15 (LinyanShu)Cinebench 2024108 / 1068
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-23 (Kuppi)Cinebench 2024105 / 858
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-11 (AsimKhan)Cinebench 2024105 / 859
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AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-13 (johnson nick)Geekbench 6 CPU1848 / 6099
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13700HX and AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 January 5, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i7-13700HX -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Radeon RX Vega 8
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX - Intel Core i7 1360P
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX -
Intel CPU rating (#90th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#131st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 24 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 20x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 10.7 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 15 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W -
Socket BGA-1964 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 256 512
TMUs 16 32
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 32 8
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 13700HX
0.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 7730U +150%
2 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 8 compared to UHD Graphics 770

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 13700HX official page AMD Ryzen 7 7730U official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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