Intel Core i9-13950HX

The Intel Core i9-13950HX is a fast high-end mobile processor of the Raptor Lake-HX series. Is was announced in early 2023 and is based on the desktop Core i9-13000K with combined 24 cores and 32 threads. Eight fast Raptor Cove performance cores (P-cores) clocked from 2.2 to 5.5 GHz (single core, all core boost 4.9 GHz) with HyperThreading and sixteen Gracemont efficiency cores without HyperThreading clocked from 1.6 to 4 GHz. The 13950HX is very similar to the Core i9-13980HX, but with vPro Enterprise support and a 100 MHz reduced boost of the P-cores.

Compared to Alder Lake, Raptor Lake offers improved P-cores (Raptor Cove micro-architecture) with bigger Caches and more E-Cores (same Gracemont micro-architecture). Furthermore, the chip supports faster DDR5 memory (up to 5600 MHz for the 13980HX).

Performance

The average 13950HX in our database is in the same league as the i9-13980HX and the i9-13900HX while being noticeably faster than the Ryzen 9 7845HX, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is a very, very fast chip, as of mid 2023.

Thanks to its powerful cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 145 W, the MSI GE78HX 13VH-070US is among the fastest laptops built around the 13950HX that we know of.

Power consumption

The chip's "minimum assured" power consumption is 45 W while its Turbo power consumption isn't supposed to go over 157 W. Intel suggests the "base" power consumption should be set to 55 W, which laptop makers aren't really obliged to do. Most will go for a higher value to get better performance.

This i9 series processor is manufactured on Intel's 4th generation 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for average, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

Codename	Raptor Lake-HX
Series	Intel Raptor Lake-HX
Series: Raptor Lake-HX Raptor Lake-HX Intel Core i9-13980HX 1.6 - 5.6 GHz 24 / 32  36 MB L3 Intel Core i9-13950HX « 1.6 - 5.5 GHz 24 / 32  36 MB L3 Intel Core i9-13900HX 1.6 - 5.4 GHz 24 / 32  36 MB L3 Intel Core i7-13850HX 1.5 - 5.3 GHz 20 / 28  30 MB L3 Intel Core i7-13700HX 1.5 - 5 GHz 16 / 24  30 MB L3 Intel Core i7-13650HX 1.9 - 4.9 GHz 14 / 20  24 MB L3 Intel Core i5-13600HX 1.9 - 4.8 GHz 14 / 20  24 MB L3 Intel Core i5-13500HX 1.8 - 4.7 GHz 14 / 20  24 MB L3 Intel Core i5-13450HX 1.8 - 4.6 GHz 10 / 16  20 MB L3
Clock Rate	1600 - 5500 MHz
Level 2 Cache	32 MB
Level 3 Cache	36 MB
Number of Cores / Threads	24 / 32 8 x 5.5 GHz Intel Raptor Cove P-Core 16 x 4.0 GHz Intel Gracemont E-Core
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)	55 Watt
Manufacturing Technology	10 nm
Die Size	257 mm2
Max. Temperature	100 °C
Socket	BGA1964
Features	DDR4-3200/DDR5-5600 RAM, PCIe 5, Thr. Director, DL Boost, GNA, vPro Enterp., MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, TME
GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 770 ( - 1650 MHz)
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Architecture	x86
Announcement Date	01/04/2023
Product Link (external)	ark.intel.com

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