Intel Core i9-13980HX vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255H

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 5 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 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

11886 points
326% significantly better overall score
2788 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12708 points
267% significantly better gaming score
3457 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11757 points
354% significantly better multitasking score
2584 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11895 points
371% significantly better heavy workload score
2521 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

369.58 points
73% significantly higher Blender score
212.94 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

5
16
220% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

10
16
60% significantly more threads

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

5.6 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
5.1 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% 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
Identical
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
28 MiB
75% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

256 MiB
966% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

54th of 1,089
572nd 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
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-8400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Core i9-13980HX vs Core Ultra 7 255H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-13980HX is faster than the Core Ultra 7 255H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 255H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 255H has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i9-13980HX has 5 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-13980HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-13980HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 255H. Also, the Core i9-13980HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 255H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-13980HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13980HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 255H.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-13980HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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