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Intel Core i5-13600HX vs Intel Core i9-13980HX vs Intel Core i7-13700HX

Intel Core i5-13600HX

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The Intel Core i5-13600HX is a fast mid-range mobile processor of the Raptor Lake series. Is was announced in early 2023 and integrates 6 fast Raptor Cove performance cores (P-cores) with HyperThreading and 8 Gracemont efficiency cores without HyperThreading. The P-Cores clock between 2.6 GHz (base) up to 4.8 GHz (single core boost, all-core 4.5 GHz). The smaller E-Cores clock between 1.9 and 3.6 GHz. All cores can access the combined 24 MB L3 cache. The CPU supports vPro (Enterprise) management features.

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, but only 4800 MHz for the i5).

Performance

While we have not tested a single system built around the 13600HX as of August 2023, we have plenty of performance data for the i7-13650HX, a chip with almost the same specs (six P-cores mated to eight E-cores, with the latter running at the same clock speeds as what the 13600HX has and the former running at up to 100 MHz faster which is a very small difference). Based on that, we expect the 13600HX to be just a few percentage points behind the i7-13700HX and the i9-12950HX, meaning it's a very, very fast CPU, as of mid 2023.

Your mileage may vary depending on how competent the cooling solution of your laptop is, and how high the CPU power limits are.

Power consumption

The chip's "minimum assured" power consumption sits at 45 W. Its peak Turbo power consumption is not supposed to go over 157 W and its Intel-recommended Base power consumption is 55 W. Most laptop makers will probably go for a noticeably higher value to get better performance.

The i5-13600HX is built with Intel's 4th generation 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for average, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i9-13980HX

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The Intel Core i9-13980HX 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) with HyperThreading that clock between 2.2 GHz (base) to 5.6 GHz (single core Turbo). The sixteen Gracemont cores are smaller and slower and optimized for efficiency. They clock between 1.6 GHz (base) and 4 GHz (Turbo).

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 13980HX in our database is in the same league as the Core i9-13950HX and the Ryzen 9 7845HX, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 143 W, the Alienware m18 R1 is among the fastest systems built around the 13980HX that we know of. It can be at least 10% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

The CPU is still produced on a further improved 10nm FinFET process (Intel 7) that allows the higher clock speeds. The power consumption is specified at 55W base power up to 157 Watt max. Turbo power.

Intel Core i7-13700HX

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The Intel Core i7-13700HX is a fast high-end mobile processor of the Raptor Lake series. Is was announced in early 2023 and is based on the desktop Core i7-13700K with combined 16 cores and 24 threads. Eight fast Raptor Cove performance cores (P-cores) with HyperThreading clocking between 2.1 - 5 GHz (4.5 GHz all core boost) and eight Gracemont efficiency cores without HyperThreading (1.5 - 3.7 GHz).

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, but only 4800 MHz for the i7).

Performance

The average 13700HX in our database is in the same league as the i7-13650HX, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned, and thus outguns the Ryzen 7 7745HX by a significant margin. This is a very fast chip, as of early 2023.

Thanks to its powerful cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 122 W, the Uniwill GM6PX7X is among the fastest laptops built around the 13700HX that we know of. It can be at least 10% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Power consumption

The chip's "minimum assured" power consumption sits at 45 W. Its Turbo power consumption is not supposed to exceed 157 W; its Base power consumption is supposed to be around 55 W. Most laptop makers will probably go for a value much higher than 55 W to get better performance.

This Raptor Lake family processor is built with Intel's 4th generation 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for average, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

ModelIntel Core i5-13600HXIntel Core i9-13980HXIntel Core i7-13700HX
SeriesIntel Raptor Lake-HXIntel Raptor Lake-HXIntel Raptor Lake-HX
CodenameRaptor Lake-HXRaptor Lake-HXRaptor Lake-HX
Series: Raptor Lake-HX Raptor Lake-HX
Intel Core i9-13980HX1.6 - 5.6 GHz24 / 32 cores36 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13950HX1.6 - 5.5 GHz24 / 32 cores36 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13900HX1.6 - 5.4 GHz24 / 32 cores36 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13850HX1.5 - 5.3 GHz20 / 28 cores30 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13700HX1.5 - 5 GHz16 / 24 cores30 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13650HX1.9 - 4.9 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13600HX « 1.9 - 4.8 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13500HX1.8 - 4.7 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13450HX1.8 - 4.6 GHz10 / 16 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13980HX « 1.6 - 5.6 GHz24 / 32 cores36 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13950HX1.6 - 5.5 GHz24 / 32 cores36 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13900HX1.6 - 5.4 GHz24 / 32 cores36 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13850HX1.5 - 5.3 GHz20 / 28 cores30 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13700HX1.5 - 5 GHz16 / 24 cores30 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13650HX1.9 - 4.9 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13600HX1.9 - 4.8 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13500HX1.8 - 4.7 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13450HX1.8 - 4.6 GHz10 / 16 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13980HX1.6 - 5.6 GHz24 / 32 cores36 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13950HX1.6 - 5.5 GHz24 / 32 cores36 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13900HX1.6 - 5.4 GHz24 / 32 cores36 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13850HX1.5 - 5.3 GHz20 / 28 cores30 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13700HX « 1.5 - 5 GHz16 / 24 cores30 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13650HX1.9 - 4.9 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13600HX1.9 - 4.8 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13500HX1.8 - 4.7 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13450HX1.8 - 4.6 GHz10 / 16 cores20 MB L3
Clock1900 - 4800 MHz1600 - 5600 MHz1500 - 5000 MHz
L3 Cache24 MB36 MB30 MB
Cores / Threads14 / 2024 / 32
8 x 5.6 GHz Intel Raptor Cove P-Core
16 x 4.0 GHz Intel Gracemont E-Core
16 / 24
8 x 5.0 GHz Intel Raptor Cove P-Core
8 x 3.7 GHz Intel Gracemont E-Core
TDP55 Watt55 Watt55 Watt
Technology10 nm10 nm10 nm
Die Size257 mm2257 mm2257 mm2
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C100 °C
SocketBGA1964BGA1964BGA1964
FeaturesDDR4-3200/DDR5-4800 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, VMX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, Hyper-Threading, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHADDR4-3200/DDR5-5600 RAM, PCIe 5, Thr. Dir., DL Boost, GNA, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, Hyper-Threading, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHADDR4-3200/DDR5-4800 RAM, PCIe 5, Thr. Director, DL Boost, GNA, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 770 ( - 1500 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 770 ( - 1650 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 770 ( - 1550 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.comark.intel.com
L2 Cache32 MB24 MB

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i9-13980HX
54.5 pt (76%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-13700HX
46.8 pt (65%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Single Core
112 Points (78%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Multi Core
971 Points (18%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 28301     avg: 30428     median: 30273 (28%)     max: 33052 Points
min: 19987     avg: 21150     median: 20997.5 (19%)     max: 22598 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1825     avg: 2081     median: 2110 (90%)     max: 2169 Points
min: 1666     avg: 1842     median: 1882 (80%)     max: 1933 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 717     avg: 790     median: 807 (90%)     max: 825 Points
min: 644     avg: 711     median: 724.5 (81%)     max: 740 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 10353     avg: 11583     median: 11510 (28%)     max: 12437 Points
min: 6889     avg: 7981     median: 7966 (19%)     max: 8610 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 4358     avg: 4724     median: 4717 (30%)     max: 5172 Points
min: 3008     avg: 3288     median: 3324 (21%)     max: 3482 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 289     avg: 303.6     median: 304.5 (92%)     max: 312 Points
min: 243     avg: 269     median: 272.5 (82%)     max: 279 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
55.8 Points (73%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
3.7 Points (93%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
11940 Points (72%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
85088 Points (62%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
125983 Points (87%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
17400 Points (21%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
183.5 s (2%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
3 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
11438 Points (18%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 104616     avg: 118958     median: 119244 (68%)     max: 129804 MIPS
min: 72220     avg: 79565     median: 78488 (45%)     max: 89294 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 6889     avg: 6991     median: 6972 (83%)     max: 7163 MIPS
min: 5552     avg: 6125     median: 6201.5 (74%)     max: 6409 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
198.1 fps (69%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
374 fps (86%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 27     avg: 31.1     median: 31.6 (56%)     max: 33.4 fps
min: 19.7     avg: 22.6     median: 22.3 (39%)     max: 25.5 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
2.5 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
4.9 GB/s (84%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
18.4 GB/s (48%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 170     avg: 194.7     median: 190 (2%)     max: 249 Seconds
min: 240     avg: 278.9     median: 270.5 (3%)     max: 345 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 97     avg: 108.4     median: 106 (1%)     max: 136 Seconds
min: 138     avg: 161.4     median: 159 (1%)     max: 198 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.3793     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (8%)     max: 0.4041 sec
min: 0.4274     avg: 0.5     median: 0.4 (10%)     max: 0.493 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
19734 Points (42%)
min: 15688     avg: 17169     median: 17038 (36%)     max: 18780 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7.4 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
15.5 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
345.8 s (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 12665     avg: 23608     median: 25051 (68%)     max: 27094 Points
min: 21590     avg: 23818     median: 23995.5 (65%)     max: 25859 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 91195     avg: 94076     median: 94075.5 (76%)     max: 96956 Points
103646 Points (84%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
91414 Points (74%)
103932 Points (84%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
94552 Points (80%)
103341 Points (87%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 15674     avg: 20652     median: 21142 (53%)     max: 24650 Points
min: 17714     avg: 20672     median: 20745.5 (52%)     max: 22722 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 19708     avg: 37344     median: 40175 (72%)     max: 41644 Points
min: 30988     avg: 34044     median: 33720 (60%)     max: 36417 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 14503     avg: 16587     median: 17026 (72%)     max: 18234 Points
min: 12569     avg: 14765     median: 14971.5 (63%)     max: 16441 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
2920 Points (89%)
min: 2802     avg: 2882     median: 2881.5 (87%)     max: 2961 Points
min: 2541     avg: 2591     median: 2593 (79%)     max: 2638 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
15910 Points (63%)
min: 17472     avg: 17564     median: 17564 (69%)     max: 17656 Points
min: 11793     avg: 13739     median: 14402 (57%)     max: 15022 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1885     avg: 1913     median: 1912.5 (81%)     max: 1940 Points
min: 1986     avg: 2079     median: 2099 (89%)     max: 2139 Points
min: 1666     avg: 1834     median: 1852.5 (78%)     max: 1899 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 14280     avg: 15135     median: 15135 (27%)     max: 15990 Points
min: 18475     avg: 20205     median: 20329 (36%)     max: 22200 Points
min: 12389     avg: 14660     median: 14695 (26%)     max: 15850 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1987 Points (9%)
min: 1712     avg: 1786     median: 1788.5 (8%)     max: 1855 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
22107 Points (70%)
min: 13815     avg: 14802     median: 15008.5 (47%)     max: 15376 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
8059 Points (81%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
57031 Points (64%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 446     avg: 459.9     median: 451 (1%)     max: 515 ms
min: 489     avg: 508     median: 503.5 (1%)     max: 538 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 96184     avg: 102620     median: 102620 (92%)     max: 109055 Points
min: 86875     avg: 92028     median: 92283 (83%)     max: 96670 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 254     avg: 298.6     median: 306 (88%)     max: 318 Points
min: 247     avg: 267.4     median: 270.5 (78%)     max: 283 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 277     avg: 330.2     median: 337 (70%)     max: 349 Points
min: 238     avg: 304.1     median: 316 (66%)     max: 336 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1935     avg: 2079     median: 2080 (80%)     max: 2182 Points
min: 1663     avg: 1875     median: 1831 (70%)     max: 2105 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 157.3     avg: 197.5     median: 191.9 (33%)     max: 262 Watt
min: 100.4     avg: 157.7     median: 166.5 (29%)     max: 189.7 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 172.2     avg: 222.5     median: 225 (41%)     max: 291 Watt
min: 166.3     avg: 187.3     median: 183.9 (34%)     max: 221 Watt
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
230 Watt (100%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 19.8     avg: 25.3     median: 23.2 (15%)     max: 32.3 Watt
min: 12.9     avg: 22     median: 22.1 (15%)     max: 28.7 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 15.2     avg: 25.2     median: 24.9 (28%)     max: 37.8 Watt
min: 12.1     avg: 16.8     median: 15.2 (17%)     max: 25.4 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 18.3     avg: 21.1     median: 20.4 (15%)     max: 25.3 Points per Watt
min: 16.9     avg: 18.3     median: 17.7 (13%)     max: 20.9 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-13600HX → 100% n=4

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i9-13980HX → 113% n=4

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-13700HX → 93% n=4

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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