Intel Core i9 13905H vs i7 13700H

We compared two 14-core laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i9 13905H against the 2.4 GHz i7 13700H. 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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 13700H and 13905H
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13905H
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700H
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#132nd place)

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)
12940
File compression 1310 MB/sec 1100 MB/sec
Clang compilation 93 Klines/sec 81.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 317.9 pages/sec 301.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 381.6 Mpixels/sec 354.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 269.6 pages/sec 246.6 pages/sec
Background blur 48.8 images/sec 44.3 images/sec
Photo processing 116.6 images/sec 113.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.5 Mpixels/sec 17.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 528 & 633 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
29709
Integer math 101 GOps/sec 91.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 73.1 GOps/sec 64.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 121M Primes/sec 100M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 37.6M Strings/sec 33.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 20.3 GBytes/sec 17.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 352 MBytes/sec 301.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 2040 Frames/sec 1688 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 21.1B Matrices/sec 17.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 162 & 4408 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
227.64

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.4 PPW 17 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 287.6 PPW 261.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 660.2 PPW 574.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.06 PPW 4.35 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 13905H
No benchmark results yet
Intel Core i7 13700H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (onotole)Geekbench 6 CPU2745 / 14786
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-15 -> ZayGeekbench 6 CPU2539 / 13137
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 -> ZayCinebench 2024110 / 935
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 -> ZayGeekbench 6 CPU2539 / 13140
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-26 (Germantas)Geekbench 6 CPU2455 / 10473

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13905H 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 i9-13905H i7-13700H
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU) Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
Intel CPU rating (84th and 114th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 2.4 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 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 14
Total Threads 20 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 24x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

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-1792 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (105th and 151st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 24 24
Execution Units 96 96
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
2.3 TFLOPS
2.3 TFLOPS

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 13905H official page Intel Core i7 13700H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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