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Intel Core i9 13900HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

68 out of 100
Intel Core i9 13900HX
VS
70 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
Intel Core i9 13900HX
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i9 13900HX with 24-cores against the 2.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX with 16-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 8940HX and 13900HX
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900HX
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) integrated graphics: 0.8 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5.3 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
  • Newer - released 2 years and 3 months later
  • 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
CPU:
Core i9 13900HX
vs
Ryzen 9 8940HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (49th and 56th 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 i9 13900HX +10%
16919
Ryzen 9 8940HX
15317
File compression 1330 MB/sec 1250 MB/sec
Clang compilation 167.1 Klines/sec 178.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 411.6 pages/sec 262.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 473.4 Mpixels/sec 430 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 281.2 pages/sec 255 pages/sec
Background blur 54.2 images/sec 55.9 images/sec
Photo processing 129.9 images/sec 94.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 35.7 Mpixels/sec 39.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1097 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 13900HX
41501
Ryzen 9 8940HX +19%
49560
Integer math 151 GOps/sec 188.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.8 GOps/sec 113.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 184M Primes/sec 250M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 57.1M Strings/sec 75.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 30.9 GBytes/sec 39.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 511.7 MBytes/sec 648.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 2532 Frames/sec 2091 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 29.4B Matrices/sec 47.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4223 & 904 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 13900HX
355.81
Ryzen 9 8940HX +22%
435.77

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 31.6 PPW 21.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 307.6 PPW 204.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 754.6 PPW 660.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.47 PPW 5.81 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 13900HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-01 (lubby)Cinebench 2024115 / 1737
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-12 (Mos)Cinebench 2024103 / 1014
πŸ“˜ 2024-08-11 (Guest #2)Cinebench 2024117 / 1580
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AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-20 (Marky)Cinebench 2024111 / 1769
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-17 (viraj anshuman)Geekbench 6 CPU2864 / 14336
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-29 (CHRIStoK)Cinebench 2024110 / 1803
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-16 (SpeKtra_TM)Geekbench 6 CPU2805 / 15483
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-16 (SpeKtra_TM)Cinebench 2024111 / 1678
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13900HX and AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 April 1, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Model number i9-13900HX -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX -
Intel CPU rating (#52nd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#35th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 16 32
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 -
E-Threads 16 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.9 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 24 16
Total Threads 32 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 24x
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

Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 55-75 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W -
Socket BGA-1964 FL1
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (63rd and 51st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) 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
Core i9 13900HX +33%
0.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 8940HX
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 610M compared to UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)

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 13900HX official page AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

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