Intel Core i9-13950HX vs Intel Core i7-13700HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 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

9156 points
9598 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9937 points
11005 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9021 points
9186 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9146 points
0.19% slightly better heavy workload score
9129 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12485 points
39% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
8926 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

331.39 points
31% slightly higher Blender score
252.94 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

33277 points
47% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score
22598 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
49% significantly more cores
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
33% slightly more threads
24

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

5.5 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
5 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

16 MiB
14% slightly more L2 cache
14 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

109th 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

DDR5-5600
DDR5-4800

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i9-13950HX vs Core i7-13700HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-13950HX is faster than the Core i7-13700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13700HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core i7-13700HX has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13700HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-13950HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13700HX. Also, the Core i9-13950HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-13950HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i7-13700HX. The Core i9-13950HX 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 i9-13950HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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