Intel Core i9-13900 vs Intel Core i7-13850HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core CPU vs Intel 20 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12032 points
35% slightly better overall score
8904 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13860 points
33% slightly better gaming score
10350 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11498 points
34% slightly better multitasking score
8534 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11396 points
33% slightly better heavy workload score
8540 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

382.31 points
32% slightly higher Blender score
288.81 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
20% slightly more cores
20

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
14% slightly more threads
28

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
2.1 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
5.3 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB
14% slightly more L2 cache
28 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

51st of 1,089
114th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
13th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-5600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Core i9-13900 vs Core i7-13850HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900 beats the Core i7-13850HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13850HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900 has slightly more cores than the Core i7-13850HX. Indeed, the Core i9-13900 has 24 cores compared to 20 cores found in the Core i7-13850HX. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13850HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-13850HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13900. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-13900 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-13850HX. The Core i9-13900 also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-13900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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