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Intel Core i9 13900HK vs i9 11980HK

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Intel Core i9 13900HK
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49 out of 100
Intel Core i9 11980HK
Intel Core i9 13900HK
Intel Core i9 11980HK

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i9 13900HK with 14-cores against the 2.6-3.3 GHz i9 11980HK 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 11980HK and 13900HK
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900HK
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.3 vs 0.7 TFLOPS
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 1 year and 9 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2693 vs 2226 points
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i9 11980HK
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 13900HK
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Core i9 11980HK

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 +41%
14864
Core i9 11980HK
10540
File compression 1270 MB/sec 961.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 120.5 Klines/sec 86.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 357.5 pages/sec 203.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 441.9 Mpixels/sec 334.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 275.3 pages/sec 222.1 pages/sec
Background blur 59.6 images/sec 33.9 images/sec
Photo processing 135.9 images/sec 84 images/sec
Ray tracing 28.1 Mpixels/sec 18.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 561 & 310 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 +22%
26740
Core i9 11980HK
21903
Integer math 89.5 GOps/sec 77 GOps/sec
Floating point math 65.2 GOps/sec 45.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 100M Primes/sec 98M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34.9M Strings/sec 31M Strings/sec
Data encryption 18.4 GBytes/sec 13.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 314.1 MBytes/sec 259.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 1691 Frames/sec 1095 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 18.7B Matrices/sec 17.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 690 & 423 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 13900HK +31%
271.12
Core i9 11980HK
207.51

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 22.4 PPW 11.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 330.3 PPW 162.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 594.2 PPW 337 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.02 PPW 3.19 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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📘 2024-04-20 (AlessX)Cinebench 2024111 / 1009
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13900HK and i9 11980HK

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 4, 2023 May 11, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Tiger Lake
Model number i9-13900HK i9-11980HK
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS -
Successor - - Intel Core i9 13900HK
Intel CPU rating (85th and 165th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 2.6-3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5 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 26-33x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 110 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1787
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 768 256
TMUs 48 16
ROPs 24 8
Execution Units 96 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 13900HK +229%
2.3 TFLOPS
Core i9 11980HK
0.7 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU) compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 13900HK official page Intel Core i9 11980HK official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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