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Intel Core i9 13900HK vs i9 12900HK

60 out of 100
Intel Core i9 13900HK
VS
55 out of 100
Intel Core i9 12900HK
Intel Core i9 13900HK
Intel Core i9 12900HK

We compared two 14-core laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i9 13900HK against the 2.5 GHz i9 12900HK. 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 12900HK and 13900HK
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900HK
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5 GHz)
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2693 vs 2361 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 13900HK
vs
Core i9 12900HK

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (150th and 152nd 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 +22%
14864
Core i9 12900HK
12179
File compression 1270 MB/sec 1040 MB/sec
Clang compilation 120.5 Klines/sec 85.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 357.5 pages/sec 312.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 441.9 Mpixels/sec 363.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 275.3 pages/sec 225.4 pages/sec
Background blur 59.6 images/sec 49.7 images/sec
Photo processing 135.9 images/sec 111.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 28.1 Mpixels/sec 19.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 561 & 1045 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 89.5 GOps/sec 87.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 65.2 GOps/sec 62.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 100M Primes/sec 99M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34.9M Strings/sec 32.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 18.4 GBytes/sec 17 GBytes/sec
Data compression 314.1 MBytes/sec 287.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1691 Frames/sec 1609 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 18.7B Matrices/sec 17.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 690 & 1240 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 13900HK +51%
271.12
Core i9 12900HK
179.19

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 22.4 PPW 22.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 330.3 PPW 270.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 594.2 PPW 556.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.02 PPW 3.98 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
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2024-04-20 (AlessX)Cinebench 2024111 / 1009
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13900HK and i9 12900HK

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 4, 2023 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Alder Lake
Model number i9-13900HK i9-12900HK
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS - AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
Successor - - Intel Core i9 13900HK
Intel CPU rating (85th and 116th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 2.5 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 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.1 GHz 3.8 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 14
Total Threads 20 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 25x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (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) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 115 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (107th and 153rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 24 24
Execution Units 96 96
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 13900HK +5%
2.3 TFLOPS
Core i9 12900HK
2.2 TFLOPS
See: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 13900HK official page Intel Core i9 12900HK official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Total votes: 46

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Comments

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