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Intel Core i9 13950HX vs i9 12950HX

69 out of 100
Intel Core i9 13950HX
VS
59 out of 100
Intel Core i9 12950HX
Intel Core i9 13950HX
Intel Core i9 12950HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i9 13950HX with 24-cores against the 2.3 GHz i9 12950HX with 16-cores. 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 12950HX and 13950HX
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13950HX
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 8 months later
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.5 GHz vs 5 GHz)
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2907 vs 2544 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 13950HX
vs
Core i9 12950HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (33rd and 96th 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 13950HX +13%
16049
Core i9 12950HX
14264
File compression 1210 MB/sec 1090 MB/sec
Clang compilation 166.8 Klines/sec 119.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 355 pages/sec 338.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 444.2 Mpixels/sec 426.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 264.5 pages/sec 259.2 pages/sec
Background blur 57 images/sec 56.3 images/sec
Photo processing 115.9 images/sec 114.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 35.7 Mpixels/sec 27.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 907 & 387 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 13950HX +31%
40459
Core i9 12950HX
30994
Integer math 142.7 GOps/sec 105.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 102.4 GOps/sec 78 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 195M Primes/sec 132M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 55.9M Strings/sec 40.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 29.9 GBytes/sec 20.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 497 MBytes/sec 361.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 2584 Frames/sec 2060 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.9B Matrices/sec 21.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1775 & 879 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 13950HX +32%
332.04
Core i9 12950HX
251.96

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 34.6 PPW 23.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 291.8 PPW 259.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 735.6 PPW 563.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.04 PPW 4.58 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13950HX and i9 12950HX

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2023 May 10, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Alder Lake
Model number i9-13950HX i9-12950HX
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) UHD Graphics (32EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX -
Successor - - Intel Core i9 13950HX
Intel CPU rating (48th and 91st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.5 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 8
E-Threads 16 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 1.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4 GHz 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 24 16
Total Threads 32 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 23x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 30MB (shared)
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
Laptop processors ranking (59th and 115th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz 1550 MHz
Shading Units 256 256
TMUs 16 16
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 32 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 13950HX
0.8 TFLOPS
Core i9 12950HX
0.8 TFLOPS
See: Intel UHD Graphics 770 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 13950HX official page Intel Core i9 12950HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Total votes: 16

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Comments

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