Intel Core i9 13900HX vs i7 13700H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i9 13900HX with 24-cores against the 2.4 GHz i7 13700H with 14-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 13700H and 13900HX
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900HX
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 10 more physical cores
  • Has 12288 KB larger L3 cache size
  • 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2824 vs 2325 points
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5 GHz)
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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)
28907

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)
16801
File compression 1310 MB/sec 1190 MB/sec
Clang compilation 163.5 Klines/sec 106 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 394.6 pages/sec 331.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 476.7 Mpixels/sec 369.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 286.1 pages/sec 226.5 pages/sec
Background blur 52.1 images/sec 51.7 images/sec
Photo processing 133.8 images/sec 113.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 34.9 Mpixels/sec 23.1 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)
44995
Integer math 162.2 GOps/sec 100.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 114.9 GOps/sec 72.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 205M Primes/sec 110M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 63M Strings/sec 36.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 33.3 GBytes/sec 19.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 550.4 MBytes/sec 334.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 2742 Frames/sec 1823 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 31.9B Matrices/sec 19.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

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

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 i9-13900HX i7-13700H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 8
E-Threads 16 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.9 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 24 14
Total Threads 32 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 24x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W 115 W
Socket BGA-1964 BGA-1744
Peak temperature 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 256 768
TMUs 16 48
ROPs 8 24
Execution Units 32 96
TGP 45 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.74 TFLOPS
1.69 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

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

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Comments

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