Intel Core i9-13950HX vs Intel Core i9-13900

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 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
12032 points
31% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9937 points
13860 points
39% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9021 points
11498 points
27% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9146 points
11396 points
24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12485 points
15200 points
21% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

331.39 points
382.31 points
15% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
Identical
24

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
Identical
32

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz
5.6 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
Identical
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
32 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
Identical
36 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

109th of 1,089
51st of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
13th Generation Core i9

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 i9-13950HX vs Core i9-13900 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900 beats the Core i9-13950HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13950HX in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-13950HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13900. Despite this, the Core i9-13900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-13900 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-13950HX. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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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