Intel Core i9-13900HX vs Intel Core i7-14700HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core CPU vs Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 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

11230 points
10% slightly better overall score
10176 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11803 points
7% slightly better gaming score
10959 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11141 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
9972 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11262 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
10002 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

346.75 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
307.50 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

2.2 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
5.5 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed

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
192 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

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
9% slightly more L3 cache
33 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

64th of 1,089
82nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
Core i7 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-5600

Core i9-13900HX vs Core i7-14700HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-14700HX performs better than the Core i9-13900HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13900HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13900HX has slightly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core i7-14700HX has 20 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-14700HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-13900HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-14700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-13900HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i7-14700HX. The Core i9-13900HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-13900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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