Intel Core i9 13905H vs i9 13900HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i9 13905H with 14-cores against the 2.2 GHz i9 13900HX with 24-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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 13900HX and 13905H
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13905H
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU) integrated graphics: 2.3 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900HX
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 10 more physical cores
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming

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 and 49th 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)
16919
File compression 1310 MB/sec 1330 MB/sec
Clang compilation 93 Klines/sec 167.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 317.9 pages/sec 411.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 381.6 Mpixels/sec 473.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 269.6 pages/sec 281.2 pages/sec
Background blur 48.8 images/sec 54.2 images/sec
Photo processing 116.6 images/sec 129.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.5 Mpixels/sec 35.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 528 & 1097 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
41501
Integer math 101 GOps/sec 151 GOps/sec
Floating point math 73.1 GOps/sec 106.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 121M Primes/sec 184M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 37.6M Strings/sec 57.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 20.3 GBytes/sec 30.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 352 MBytes/sec 511.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 2040 Frames/sec 2532 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 21.1B Matrices/sec 29.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 162 & 4223 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
355.81

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.4 PPW 31.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 287.6 PPW 307.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 660.2 PPW 754.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.06 PPW 6.47 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 i9 13900HX
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-01 (lubby)Cinebench 2024115 / 1737
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-04-12 (Mos)Cinebench 2024103 / 1014
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-08-11 (Guest #2)Cinebench 2024117 / 1580

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13905H and i9 13900HX

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 i9-13900HX
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU) UHD Graphics (32EU)
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
Intel CPU rating (84th and 52nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 16
E-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (E) 1.9 GHz 1.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.1 GHz 3.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 24
Total Threads 20 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 22x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 157 W
Socket BGA-1792 BGA-1964
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (105th and 63rd place)

iGPU

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

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 13905H official page Intel Core i9 13900HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Total votes: 12

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