Intel Core i9-13900HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 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
12643 points
12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11803 points
14524 points
23% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11141 points
11994 points
7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11262 points
11755 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11920 points
12436 points
4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

346.75 points
7% slightly higher Blender score
321.20 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
71% significantly more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
128% significantly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
4.2 GHz
90% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed
5.2 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
24
20% slightly more pcie lanes

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
23% slightly more L2 cache
26 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

64th of 1,089
46th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Core i9-13900HX vs Core Ultra 5 245K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 245K 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 significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core Ultra 5 245K has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 245K. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 245K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-13900HX has more L2 cache than the Core Ultra 5 245K. The Core i9-13900HX also has significantly 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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