Intel Core i9 13950HX vs i7 13850HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i9 13950HX with 24-cores against the 2.1 GHz i7 13850HX with 20-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 13850HX and 13950HX
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13950HX
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2740 vs 2480 points
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.5 GHz vs 5.3 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)
28725

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)
File compression 1390 MB/sec 1380 MB/sec
Clang compilation 155.9 Klines/sec 139.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 446.1 pages/sec 416.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 464 Mpixels/sec 459.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 259.6 pages/sec 260.1 pages/sec
Background blur 56.7 images/sec 57.1 images/sec
Photo processing 139.5 images/sec 135.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 35.1 Mpixels/sec 34 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)
45393
Integer math 158.5 GOps/sec 137.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 114.4 GOps/sec 99.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 224M Primes/sec 196M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 64.1M Strings/sec 52.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 33.5 GBytes/sec 27.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 555.9 MBytes/sec 468.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 2932 Frames/sec 2488 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 32.4B Matrices/sec 28.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13950HX and i7 13850HX

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 i9-13950HX i7-13850HX
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) UHD Graphics (32EU)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.5 GHz 5.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 12
E-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 1.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4 GHz 3.8 GHz
Total
Total Cores 24 20
Total Threads 32 28
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 21x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 30MB (per core)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

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

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz 1600 MHz
Shading Units 256 256
TMUs 16 16
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 32 32
TGP 45 W 45 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.74 TFLOPS
0.74 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official site Intel Core i9 13950HX official page Intel Core i7 13850HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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