Intel Core i9 13980HX vs i9 13905H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i9 13980HX with 24-cores against the 2.6 GHz i9 13905H 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 13905H and 13980HX
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13980HX
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 10 more physical cores
  • Has 12288 KB larger L3 cache size
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.6 GHz vs 5.4 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)
31336

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)
17230
File compression 1330 MB/sec 1320 MB/sec
Clang compilation 167 Klines/sec 105.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 424.7 pages/sec 359.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 485.1 Mpixels/sec 422.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 265.9 pages/sec 277.1 pages/sec
Background blur 55.2 images/sec 55.2 images/sec
Photo processing 138.8 images/sec 132.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 37.2 Mpixels/sec 23.4 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)
48277
Integer math 174 GOps/sec 105.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 124.1 GOps/sec 75.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 192M Primes/sec 129M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 70.4M Strings/sec 40.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 37 GBytes/sec 22.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 613.5 MBytes/sec 379 MBytes/sec
Physics 2529 Frames/sec 2201 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 35.5B Matrices/sec 22.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13980HX and i9 13905H

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 i9-13980HX i9-13905H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 8
E-Threads 16 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 1.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4 GHz 4.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 24 14
Total Threads 32 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 26x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No 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-1792
Peak temperature 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU)
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 13980HX official page Intel Core i9 13905H 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 i9 13905H or i9 13980HX?
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