Intel Core i9 13900H vs i7 13700HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i9 13900H 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.

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
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 13700HX and 13900H
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900H
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700HX
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 6144 KB larger L3 cache size
  • Has 2 more physical cores
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

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)
File compression 1060 MB/sec 1040 MB/sec
Clang compilation 104.5 Klines/sec 130.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 311.8 pages/sec 322.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 393.6 Mpixels/sec 325.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 253.9 pages/sec 258.9 pages/sec
Background blur 53.6 images/sec 57.2 images/sec
Photo processing 107.8 images/sec 68.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 23.5 Mpixels/sec 28.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
34508
Integer math 105 GOps/sec 123.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 75.9 GOps/sec 91 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 115M Primes/sec 131M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 39.3M Strings/sec 44.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 20.8 GBytes/sec 23.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 356.8 MBytes/sec 413 MBytes/sec
Physics 1891 Frames/sec 2013 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 21.2B Matrices/sec 25.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13900H and i7 13700HX

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2023 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Raptor Lake
Model number i9-13900H i7-13700HX
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU) UHD Graphics (32EU)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 8
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.9 GHz 1.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.1 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 16
Total Threads 20 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 21x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (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 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU) Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1550 MHz
Shading Units 768 256
TMUs 48 16
ROPs 24 8
Execution Units 96 32
TGP 15 W 45 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.69 TFLOPS
0.74 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official site Intel Core i9 13900H official page Intel Core i7 13700HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i7 13700HX or i9 13900H?
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