Intel Core i5-13500HX outperforms the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX on Geekbench

Intel unleashed a barrage of laptop CPUs at CES 2023. Everything from the high-end Raptor Lake HX class to the low-power Alder Lake-N models was demonstrated. The former are repurposed desktop dies earmarked for high-performance devices. They have a base TDP of 55 Watts and can turbo up to 157 Watts when required. One of them, the Intel core i5-13500HX, has now made its Geekbench debut.

The Intel Core i5-13500HX is a 14-core (6P plus 8E), 20-thread processor with a single-core boost clock of 4.7 GHz on the performance core. It scores 1,711 points on the single-core test and 11,319 on the multi-core test. Since HX class of CPUs are relatively new, there isn't much to compare it with, except for the last-gen Core i5-12600HX, a 12-core (4P plus 8E), 16-thread processor, which scores 1,700 and 9,235 on the single and multi-core tests, respectively.

While the Intel Core i5-13500HX's single-core performance gain isn't anything to write home about, it will almost certainly operate better with stable drivers. The multi-core gains are to be expected, given the increase in both P and E cores. Furthermore, the Raptor Lake part punches well above its weight class by handily outperforming last-gen's flagship, the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (1,564 S/T and 9,863 M/T average, according to our benchmark database). AMD's current-gen Zen 4-based laptops could narrow that gap a little, but Intel seems to be quite ahead of the pack, at least for now.

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