Intel Core i9-13900H vs Intel Core i7-13700HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 14 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i7 16 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

7077 points
9598 points
35% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9022 points
11005 points
21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6522 points
9186 points
40% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6425 points
9129 points
42% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8124 points
8926 points
9% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

200.38 points
252.94 points
26% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

20385 points
22598 points
10% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16
14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
24
20% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
23% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
5 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
14 MiB
250% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
30 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

187th of 1,089
97th 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

DDR5-5200
DDR5-4800

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-13900H vs Core i7-13700HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13700HX is faster than the Core i9-13900H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13900H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13700HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i9-13900H has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-13900H. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-13900H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13700HX. Also, the Core i9-13900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13700HX has more L2 cache than the Core i9-13900H. The Core i7-13700HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-13900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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