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Intel Core i9 13900HK vs i9 10980HK

60 out of 100
Intel Core i9 13900HK
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38 out of 100
Intel Core i9 10980HK
Intel Core i9 13900HK
Intel Core i9 10980HK

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i9 13900HK with 14-cores against the 2.4 GHz i9 10980HK with 8-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 10980HK and 13900HK
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900HK
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.3 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 2 years and 9 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • 56% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2693 vs 1722 points
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5.3 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i9 10980HK
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-2933 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 13900HK
vs
Core i9 10980HK

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#151st 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 13900HK +106%
14864
Core i9 10980HK
7215
File compression 1270 MB/sec 558.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 120.5 Klines/sec 60.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 357.5 pages/sec 172.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 441.9 Mpixels/sec 254.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 275.3 pages/sec 131.6 pages/sec
Background blur 59.6 images/sec 33 images/sec
Photo processing 135.9 images/sec 60 images/sec
Ray tracing 28.1 Mpixels/sec 11.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 561 & 280 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 13900HK +77%
26740
Core i9 10980HK
15076
Integer math 89.5 GOps/sec 53.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 65.2 GOps/sec 34.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 100M Primes/sec 49M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34.9M Strings/sec 28.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 18.4 GBytes/sec 5.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 314.1 MBytes/sec 223.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 1691 Frames/sec 841 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 18.7B Matrices/sec 13.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 690 & 540 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 13900HK +109%
271.12
Core i9 10980HK
129.82

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 22.4 PPW 12.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 330.3 PPW 160.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 594.2 PPW 335 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.02 PPW 2.88 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 13900HK
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13900HK and i9 10980HK

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 4, 2023 April 1, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Comet Lake
Model number i9-13900HK i9-10980HK
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) UHD Graphics 630
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS -
Successor - - Intel Core i9 13900HK
Intel CPU rating (#85th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.9 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 24x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 45 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1440
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1250 MHz
Shading Units 768 192
TMUs 48 24
ROPs 24 3
Execution Units 96 24
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 13900HK +360%
2.3 TFLOPS
Core i9 10980HK
0.5 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 630 compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 45.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 13900HK official page Intel Core i9 10980HK official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

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