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AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Intel Core i9-13900H. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2023
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
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Q1/2023
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Intel Core i9-13900H
Intel Core i9-13900H

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme or Intel Core i9-13900H? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a base frequency of 3.3 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 28 W. Released in Q2/2023.

Intel Core i9-13900H has a base frequency of 2.60 GHz (5.40 GHz). 14 / 20 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 45 W. Released in Q1/2023.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    75 left arrow place
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    28 W left arrow 45 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    29 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    74 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    34 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    126 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    13 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    25 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    23 place
  • More number of cores

    6 more cores

    14 left arrow 8

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-13900H CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    33 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    47 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    52 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    47 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    13 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    16 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Intel Core i9-13900H Intel Core i9-13900H
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 7040 left arrow Intel Core i 13000H
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i9
  • Form Factor
    Handheld left arrow -
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 13
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow Intel Core i9-12900H
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Series
    Ryzen Z1 left arrow -
CPU Technical specs

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

  • Base Frequency
    3.3 GHz left arrow -
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • Core Configuration
    8x Zen 4 left arrow -
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 14
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 20
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    5.1 GHz left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    5.1 GHz left arrow -
  • A-Core
    - left arrow 6x Raptor Cove
  • A-Core Frequency
    - left arrow 2.60 GHz (5.40 GHz)
  • B-Core
    - left arrow 8x Gracemont
  • B-Core Frequency
    - left arrow 1.90 GHz (4.10 GHz)
IGPU

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 left arrow 12.1
  • Execution units
    12 left arrow 96
  • Generation
    10 left arrow 13
  • GPU Frequency
    1200 MHz left arrow 400 MHz
  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon Graphics left arrow Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
  • GPU Turbo
    2900 MHz left arrow 1500 MHz
  • Graphics Cores
    12 left arrow -
  • Max. displays
    4 left arrow 4
  • Max. GPU Memory
    32 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • Release date
    Q1/2023 left arrow Q1/2022
  • Shader
    768 left arrow 768
  • Technology
    4 nm left arrow 10 nm
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • H.264 / AVC
    Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-13900H and AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    256 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • Memory Bandwidth
    89.6 GB/s left arrow 89.6 GB/s
  • Memory channels
    2 (Dual Channel) left arrow 2 (Dual Channel)
  • Memory type
    DDR5-5600LPDDR5X-7500 left arrow DDR4-3200DDR5-5200LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-6400
  • PCIe
    4.0 x 20 left arrow 5.0 x 20
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme and Intel Core i9-13900H Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Configurable TDP
    9-30 W left arrow -
  • Default TDP
    28 W left arrow -
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    100 °C left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
    28 W left arrow 45 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 115 W
  • TDP down
    15 W left arrow 35 W
  • TDP up
    30 W left arrow -
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme and Intel Core i9-13900H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Phoenix (Zen 4) left arrow Raptor Lake H
  • Chip design
    Monolithic left arrow Monolithic
  • Documents
    Technical data sheet left arrow Technical data sheet
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
  • L2-Cache
    8 MB left arrow -
  • L3-Cache
    16 MB left arrow 24 MB
  • Operating systems
    Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux left arrow Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
  • Release date
    Q2/2023 left arrow Q1/2023
  • Release price
    - left arrow 700 $
  • Socket
    FP8 left arrow BGA 1744
  • Technology
    4 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 6

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settingsAMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme Intel Core i9-13900HResult difference¹
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows 152.332193 samples/min Submissions: 7 183.738244 samples/min Submissions: 56 +20.6 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows 163.530791 samples/min Submissions: 20 196.311314 samples/min Submissions: 39 +20.0 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows 170.538633 samples/min Submissions: 17 206.012944 samples/min Submissions: 49 +20.8 %
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows 167.888706 samples/min Submissions: 10 151.490866 samples/min Submissions: 53 -9.8 %
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows 186.730384 samples/min Submissions: 7 201.364266 samples/min Submissions: 31 +7.8 %
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows 152.742202 samples/min Submissions: 18 212.627128 samples/min Submissions: 118 +39.2 %

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Intel Core i9-13900H

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 17 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i9-13900H 5067.113924 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 17 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Duration: 197.351 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 1M / 8 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme 3749.193923 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 1M / 8 threads / windows
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: LENOVO / LNVNB161216
Duration: 266.724 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme and Intel Core i9-13900H.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1917.000000
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
1919.000000
Intel Core i9-13900H
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

9977.000000
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
14632.000000
Intel Core i9-13900H
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

4300.000000
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
2230.000000
Intel Core i9-13900H
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones

Higher values are better in this metric.

2446.000000
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
2617.000000
Intel Core i9-13900H
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones

Higher values are better in this metric.

10726.000000
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
12706.000000
Intel Core i9-13900H

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