Intel Core i9 14900HX vs i9 13900HK

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i9 14900HX with 24-cores against the 2.6 GHz i9 13900HK 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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 13900HK and 14900HX
Advantages of Intel Core i9 14900HX
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 10 more physical cores
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.8 GHz vs 5.4 GHz)
  • 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3029 vs 2693 points
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900HK
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.3 vs 0.8 TFLOPS

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 (45th and 151st 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)
18430
File compression 1420 MB/sec 1270 MB/sec
Clang compilation 173.5 Klines/sec 120.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 463.6 pages/sec 357.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 508.4 Mpixels/sec 441.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 287.7 pages/sec 275.3 pages/sec
Background blur 54.6 images/sec 59.6 images/sec
Photo processing 154.7 images/sec 135.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 39.9 Mpixels/sec 28.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 545 & 561 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
43705
Integer math 157.2 GOps/sec 89.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 112.1 GOps/sec 65.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 193M Primes/sec 100M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 60.8M Strings/sec 34.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 32.6 GBytes/sec 18.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 539.1 MBytes/sec 314.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 2631 Frames/sec 1691 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 31.2B Matrices/sec 18.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6694 & 690 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
354.31

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.4 PPW 22.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 335.1 PPW 330.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 794.6 PPW 594.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.44 PPW 6.02 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 14900HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-22 (GEORGE FORMBY)Cinebench 2024124 / 1417
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-15 (jmtisi)Cinebench 2024111 / 629
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-26 (Ivan)Cinebench 2024125 / 1571
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-14 (JoeG)Cinebench 2024121 / 1334
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-05 (Justin0220)Cinebench 2024125 / 1064
Intel Core i9 13900HK
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2024-04-20 (AlessX)Cinebench 2024111 / 1009

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 14900HX and i9 13900HK

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 9, 2024 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Raptor Lake
Model number i9-14900HX i9-13900HK
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS - AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX -
Intel CPU rating (36th and 85th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.8 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) 4.1 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 Yes Yes

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-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (44th and 107th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
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 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.8 TFLOPS
2.3 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 14900HX official page Intel Core i9 13900HK official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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