Ryzen 9 7940HS vs i5-13450HX

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-13450HX
2023
10 cores / 16 threads, 55 Watt
16.08
Ryzen 9 7940HS
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 35 Watt
19.09
+18.7%

Ryzen 9 7940HS outperforms Core i5-13450HX by a moderate 19% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-13450HX and Ryzen 9 7940HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking420309
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesRaptor Lake-HXno data
Power efficiency27.6751.62
Architecture codenameRaptor Lake-HX (2023)Phoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date4 January 2023 (1 year ago)January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$326no data

Detailed specifications

Core i5-13450HX and Ryzen 9 7940HS basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores10 (Deca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed2.4 GHz4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.6 GHz5.2 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache20 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm4 nm
Die size257 mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-13450HX and Ryzen 9 7940HS compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCBGA1964FP8
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-13450HX and Ryzen 9 7940HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Ryzen AI, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Core i5-13450HX and Ryzen 9 7940HS technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-13450HX and Ryzen 9 7940HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-13450HX and Ryzen 9 7940HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR5DDR5
Maximum memory size192 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics for 13th Gen Intel ProcessorsAMD Radeon 780M ( - 2800 MHz)
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency1.45 GHzno data
Execution Units16no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-13450HX and Ryzen 9 7940HS integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-13450HX and Ryzen 9 7940HS integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2160 @ 60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP5120 x 3200 @ 120Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-13450HX and Ryzen 9 7940HS integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-13450HX and Ryzen 9 7940HS.

PCIe version5.0 and 4.04.0
PCI Express lanes2020

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-13450HX 16.08
Ryzen 9 7940HS 19.09
+18.7%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i5-13450HX 25548
Ryzen 9 7940HS 30331
+18.7%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i5-13450HX 9840
+25.6%
Ryzen 9 7940HS 7837

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i5-13450HX 58749
+20.5%
Ryzen 9 7940HS 48751

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i5-13450HX 14017
Ryzen 9 7940HS 15689
+11.9%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i5-13450HX 29
Ryzen 9 7940HS 30
+4.3%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

i5-13450HX 2503
Ryzen 9 7940HS 2661
+6.3%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

i5-13450HX 248
Ryzen 9 7940HS 284
+14.3%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

i5-13450HX 3.05
Ryzen 9 7940HS 3.38
+10.8%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

i5-13450HX 13.5
Ryzen 9 7940HS 15.1
+11.9%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i5-13450HX 6830
Ryzen 9 7940HS 7490
+9.7%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i5-13450HX 142
Ryzen 9 7940HS 144
+1.7%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i5-13450HX 325
+11%
Ryzen 9 7940HS 293

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

i5-13450HX 12005
Ryzen 9 7940HS 12111
+0.9%

Blender(-)

i5-13450HX 200
+5.8%
Ryzen 9 7940HS 189

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

i5-13450HX 1757
Ryzen 9 7940HS 1986
+13%

7-Zip Single

i5-13450HX 5571
Ryzen 9 7940HS 6652
+19.4%

7-Zip

i5-13450HX 61811
Ryzen 9 7940HS 71086
+15%

WebXPRT 3

i5-13450HX 281
Ryzen 9 7940HS 317
+12.8%

CrossMark Overall

i5-13450HX 1804
+0.4%
Ryzen 9 7940HS 1797

WebXPRT 4 Overall

i5-13450HX 243
Ryzen 9 7940HS 263
+8.2%

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

i5-13450HX 387
+25.6%
Ryzen 9 7940HS 308

Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core

i5-13450HX 12684
+2.7%
Ryzen 9 7940HS 12348

Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core

i5-13450HX 2417
Ryzen 9 7940HS 2662
+10.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.08 19.09
Integrated graphics card 5.58 18.32
Physical cores 10 8
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 35 Watt

i5-13450HX has 25% more physical cores.

Ryzen 9 7940HS, on the other hand, has a 18.7% higher aggregate performance score, 228.3% faster integrated GPU, and 57.1% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 9 7940HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i5-13450HX in performance tests.


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