AMD Ryzen 9 5900H vs Intel Core i9-13900HX. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000H Intel Core i 13000H
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Intel Core i9
• Generation
  4 13
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i9-12900HX
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  - 8x Raptor Cove
• B-Core
  - 16x Gracemont
• Base Frequency
  3.1 GHz -
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 24
• CPU Threads
  16 32
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.6 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  No turbo -
• A-Core Frequency
  - 2.00 GHz (5.40 GHz)
• B-Core Frequency
  - 1.80 GHz (3.90 GHz)

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  8 32
• Generation
  9 11
• GPU Frequency
  1750 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir) Intel UHD Graphics 770
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1500 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 64 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q4/2021
• Shader
  512 256
• Technology
  7 nm 10 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-13900HX and AMD Ryzen 9 5900H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200DDR5-5600LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• PCIe lanes
  12 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 89.6 GB/s
• PCIe
  - 5.0 x 20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 5900H and Intel Core i9-13900HX Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  45 W 55 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 157 W
• TDP down
  - 45 W
• TDP up
  54 W 86 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5900H and Intel Core i9-13900HX, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cezanne (Zen 3) Raptor Lake H
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  4 MB 32 MB
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 36 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q1/2023
• Socket
  AM4 BGA 1744
• Technology
  7 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Chip design
  - Monolithic
• Operating systems
  - Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux