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Intel Core i9 12900H vs i7 13700HX

55 out of 100
Intel Core i9 12900H
VS
59 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13700HX
Intel Core i9 12900H
Intel Core i7 13700HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i9 12900H with 14-cores against the 2.1 GHz i7 13700HX 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 13700HX and 12900H
Advantages of Intel Core i9 12900H
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.2 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700HX
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 12900H
vs
Core i7 13700HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (157th and 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 i9 12900H
11964
Core i7 13700HX +16%
13824
File compression 898.1 MB/sec 1030 MB/sec
Clang compilation 97.6 Klines/sec 125.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270 pages/sec 302.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 325.3 Mpixels/sec 380.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 248.3 pages/sec 249.2 pages/sec
Background blur 52.7 images/sec 52.9 images/sec
Photo processing 94.2 images/sec 113.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 23.8 Mpixels/sec 27.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 626 & 606 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 12900H
26596
Core i7 13700HX +19%
31601
Integer math 91.3 GOps/sec 113.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 66 GOps/sec 83.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 104M Primes/sec 118M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34.4M Strings/sec 40.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 18 GBytes/sec 21.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 308.2 MBytes/sec 381.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1700 Frames/sec 1782 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 18.4B Matrices/sec 23.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 3998 & 2352 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 12900H
210.35
Core i7 13700HX +24%
261.4

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 21.9 PPW 23.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 265.9 PPW 251.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 591 PPW 574.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.67 PPW 4.75 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 12900H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-21 (Robert L)Cinebench 2024104 / 765
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-02 (Toksik Vegeta)Cinebench 2024107 / 984
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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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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 12900H and i7 13700HX

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 4, 2022 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Raptor Lake
Model number i9-12900H i7-13700HX
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) UHD Graphics (32EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS - AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V - Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX
Intel CPU rating (115th and 90th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 8
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 1.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 16
Total Threads 20 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 21x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 30MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 157 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1964
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (152nd and 114th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 1550 MHz
Shading Units 768 256
TMUs 48 16
ROPs 24 8
Execution Units 96 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 12900H +175%
2.2 TFLOPS
Core i7 13700HX
0.8 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 770 compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 12900H official page Intel Core i7 13700HX official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

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