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Intel Core i9 9980HK vs i9 13900HK

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Intel Core i9 9980HK
VS
60 out of 100
Intel Core i9 13900HK
Intel Core i9 9980HK
Intel Core i9 13900HK

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core i9 9980HK with 8-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.

  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 13900HK and 9980HK
Advantages of Intel Core i9 9980HK
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-2666 RAM
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900HK
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.3 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 3 years and 9 months later
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • 75% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2693 vs 1538 points
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 9980HK
vs
Core i9 13900HK

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 646 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4296 -
Cinebench Scores (#151st place)
Submit your benchmark results

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 9980HK
6944
Core i9 13900HK +114%
14864
File compression 513.3 MB/sec 1270 MB/sec
Clang compilation 58.3 Klines/sec 120.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 158.7 pages/sec 357.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 234.6 Mpixels/sec 441.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 139.6 pages/sec 275.3 pages/sec
Background blur 31.6 images/sec 59.6 images/sec
Photo processing 56.3 images/sec 135.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.4 Mpixels/sec 28.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 610 & 561 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 9980HK
13930
Core i9 13900HK +92%
26740
Integer math 52.4 GOps/sec 89.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 30.8 GOps/sec 65.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 40M Primes/sec 100M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 26.3M Strings/sec 34.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.3 GBytes/sec 18.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 204.5 MBytes/sec 314.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 823 Frames/sec 1691 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11.2B Matrices/sec 18.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1877 & 690 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 9980HK
130.18
Core i9 13900HK +108%
271.12

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.2 PPW 22.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 154.3 PPW 330.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 309.6 PPW 594.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.89 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 9980HK
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-20 (Nico)Cinebench 2026646 / 4296
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Intel Core i9 13900HK
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-04-20 (AlessX)Cinebench 2024111 / 1009
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 9980HK and i9 13900HK

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released April 23, 2019 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake Raptor Lake
Model number i9-9980HK i9-13900HK
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
Successor - Intel Core i9 13900HK -
Intel CPU rating (#85th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 8
E-Threads - 8
Base Frequency (E) - 1.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 4.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 14
Total Threads 16 20
Bus Frequency - 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 26x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 45 W 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 115 W
Socket BGA-1440 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 192 768
TMUs 24 48
ROPs 3 24
Execution Units 24 96
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 9980HK
0.5 TFLOPS
Core i9 13900HK +360%
2.3 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) compared to UHD Graphics 630

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2666
- LPDDR3-2133		 - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 9980HK official page Intel Core i9 13900HK official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 28

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