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Intel Core Ultra 9 288V vs i9 13900H

62 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
VS
58 out of 100
Intel Core i9 13900H
Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
Intel Core i9 13900H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 288V with 8-cores against the 2.6 GHz i9 13900H 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 13900H and 288V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
  • More powerful Intel Arc Graphics 140V integrated graphics: 4.2 vs 2.3 TFLOPS
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900H
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 9 288V
vs
Core i9 13900H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 614
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4378
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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)
File compression 1020 MB/sec 1320 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69 Klines/sec 107.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 278.5 pages/sec 372.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 290.7 Mpixels/sec 426.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 312.1 pages/sec 270.4 pages/sec
Background blur 49.8 images/sec 59.2 images/sec
Photo processing 117 images/sec 135.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.5 Mpixels/sec 24.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 897 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 44 GOps/sec 95.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 59.5 GOps/sec 68.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 194M Primes/sec 102M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.6M Strings/sec 35M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.1 GBytes/sec 18.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 186.1 MBytes/sec 320.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1634 Frames/sec 1695 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.6B Matrices/sec 19B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 500 & 4377 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 9 288V
134.21
Core i9 13900H +58%
212.33

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17 PPW 16.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 299.2 PPW 327.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 534.6 PPW 602 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.63 PPW 4.72 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
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Intel Core i9 13900H
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πŸ“˜ 2026-06-12 -> sevensraysCinebench 2026614 / 4378
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-12 -> sevensraysGeekbench 6 CPU2382 / 13356
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-24 (JoseBedo)Cinebench 2024113 / 723
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 288V and i9 13900H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 4, 2024 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Lunar Lake Raptor Lake
Model number 288V i9-13900H
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU)
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
Intel CPU rating (72nd and 95th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 4 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 8
E-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz 1.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 4.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 14
Total Threads 8 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 26x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 37 W 115 W
Socket FCBGA-2833 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (83rd and 123rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU)
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2050 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 1024 768
TMUs - 48
ROPs - 24
Execution Units - 96
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 9 288V +83%
4.2 TFLOPS
Core i9 13900H
2.3 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) compared to Arc 140V

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 288V official page Intel Core i9 13900H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 28

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Comments

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