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Intel Core i7-13800H vs Apple A18 vs Intel Core i5-13600H

Intel Core i7-13800H

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The Intel Core i9-13900H is a high-end mobile CPU for laptops based on the Raptor Lake-H series (Alder Lake architecture). It was announced in early 2023 and offers 6 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 20 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 2.5 to 5.2 GHz (single core turbo, all-core 4.8 GHz) on the performance cluster and 1.8 to 4 GHz on the efficiency cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare with the Core i7-6920HQ). All cores can use up to 24 MB L3 cache. The CPU supports the full set of vPro Enterprise management features.

Performance

Thanks to the high core count and high clock speed, the Core i7-13800H should be faster than the older Core i9-12900HK. Therefore, the CPU is very well suited for all demanding use cases like gaming, content creation, and scientific calculations.

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-5200 (up from 4800 MHz for the 12th gen). The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU now supports PCIe 5.0 x8 for a GPU and two PCIe 4.0 x4 for SSDs.

The integrated graphics card is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 96 EUs (Execution Units) .

The CPU is rated at 45 W base power (115 W PL2) but most laptops will use a PL1 of around 60 Watt. The SoC is manufactured in a 10nm process at Intel, which is known as Intel 7 (improved over the 12th Gen).

Apple A18

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The Apple A18 is a powerful smartphone processor and formal successor to the A16. This new member of the Apple A processor series debuted in September 2024 alongside the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus; it features 2 performance cores and 4 efficient cores along with a 35 TOPS NPU and the 5-core A18 GPU.

The chip is normally paired with 8 GB of RAM. It is said to be in large part based on the v9.2A ARM microarchitecture for near-Apple M4 IPC. 5G, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.3, various satellite navigation systems and NFC are all supported here.

The more expensive A18 Pro SoC has the same 2 P-cores and 4 E-cores running at slightly higher clock speeds; its graphics adapter is on the other hand significantly faster than what the A18 has. Another crucial little detail is that USB 3.x support is either missing, or disabled somehow on the A18 for USB 2.0 speeds only whereas the A18 Pro has no such issue.

Performance

Multi-threaded benchmarks put it in the same ballpark as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and the Dimensity 9300. As expected from Apple, the A-series processor delivers breathtaking single-thread performance that just about matches the significantly more power-hungry Apple M3 chip. This suggests the P-cores can almost hit the 4 GHz mark when required.

Graphics

Like any modern graphics adapter, the 5-core A18 GPU is RT-enabled. It delivers benchmark scores that are most comparable to the G715 MP11 and the G615 MP6.

Power consumption

It appears the chip is able to briefly consume up to about 9 W when under high load, with average sustained power consumption figures hovering around 3-4 W.

The pretty modern TSMC N3E manufacturing process makes the A-series chip very power-efficient, as of late 2024.

Intel Core i5-13600H

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The Intel Core i5-13600H is a mid-range mobile CPU for laptops based on the Raptor Lake-H series (Alder Lake architecture). It was announced in early 2023 and offers 4 of the 6 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and all 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 16 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 2.8 to 4.8 GHz (single core boost, all core up to 4.7 GHz) on the performance cluster and 2.1 to 3.6 GHz on the efficient cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6700HQ). All cores can use up to 18 MB L3 cache. Compared to the 12650H, the 12600H offers less P-cores but more E-cores, a faster iGPU and "Enterprise" vPro features (for remote management).

Performance

Thanks to the higher clock speeds of the improved Intel 7 process, the Core i5-13600H can surpass the old Core i5-12600H (e.g., + 300 MHz boost).

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-5200 (up from DDR5-4800 of the i5-12600H). The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU now supports PCIe 5.0 x8 for a GPU and two PCIe 4.0 x4 for SSDs.The integrated graphics card is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 80 of the 96 EUs (Execution Units).

The CPU is rated at 45 W base power (115 W PL2) but most laptops will use a PL1 of around 60 Watt. The SoC is manufactured in a further improved 10nm process at Intel, which is known as Intel 7.

ModelIntel Core i7-13800HApple A18Intel Core i5-13600H
CodenameRaptor Lake-HRaptor Lake-H
SeriesIntel Raptor Lake-HApple Apple A-SeriesIntel Raptor Lake-H
Series: Raptor Lake-H Raptor Lake-H
Intel Core i9-13900HK1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13905H1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13900H1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13800H « 1.8 - 5.2 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13705H1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13700H1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13620H1.8 - 4.9 GHz10 / 16 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13600H2.1 - 4.8 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13505H1.9 - 4.7 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13500H1.9 - 4.7 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13420H1.5 - 4.6 GHz8 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Apple A18 Pro - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A18 « - 3.8 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A15 Bionic2.02 - 3.23 GHz6 / 6 cores32 MB L3
Apple A12 Bionic - 2.49 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A6x1.4 GHzcores
Apple A61 GHzcores
Intel Core i9-13900HK1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13905H1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13900H1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13800H1.8 - 5.2 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13705H1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13700H1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13620H1.8 - 4.9 GHz10 / 16 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13600H « 2.1 - 4.8 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13505H1.9 - 4.7 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13500H1.9 - 4.7 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13420H1.5 - 4.6 GHz8 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Clock1800 - 5200 MHz <=3800 MHz2100 - 4800 MHz
L1 Cache1.2 MB1.1 MB
L2 Cache11.5 MB4 MB10 MB
L3 Cache24 MB18 MB
Cores / Threads14 / 20
6 x 5.2 GHz Intel Golden Cove P-Core
8 x 4.0 GHz Intel Gracemont E-Core
6 / 6
2 x Apple A18 P-Core
4 x 4.0 GHz Apple A18 E-Core
12 / 16
4 x 4.8 GHz Intel Golden Cove P-Core
8 x 3.6 GHz Intel Gracemont E-Core
TDP45 Watt45 Watt
Technology10 nm3 nm10 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketFCBGA1744BGA1700
FeaturesThread Director16-core Neural Engine, USB 2.0 (480 Mbps)Thread Director
iGPUIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs ( - 1500 MHz)Apple A18 GPUIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs ( - 1500 MHz)
Architecturex86ARMx86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com
TDP Turbo PL29 Watt115 Watt

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-13800H
41.5 pt (69%)
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Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
119.3 Points (67%)
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
976 Points (18%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
17591 Points (16%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
2017 Points (85%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
776 Points (85%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
6714 Points (16%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
2765 Points (17%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
287 Points (80%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
70500 MIPS (40%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
6310 MIPS (74%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
20 fps (35%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
337 Seconds (4%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
191 Seconds (1%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.4 sec (9%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
23253 Points (57%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
29543 Points (53%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
12662 Points (53%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
0 Points (0%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
2766 Points (69%)
121%
A18 +
min: 3149     avg: 3288     median: 3338 (83%)     max: 3377 Points
2423 Points (61%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
12876 Points (50%)
62%
A18 +
min: 7663     avg: 8023     median: 8044 (31%)     max: 8362 Points
11880 Points (46%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
1972 Points (77%)
118%
A18 +
2327 Points (91%)
1851 Points (72%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
12880 Points (23%)
48%
A18 +
6130 Points (11%)
11129 Points (20%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
477 ms (1%)
166%
1 A18 +
min: 284.5     avg: 287.5     median: 287.8 (0%)     max: 290.2 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 A18 +
min: 90158     avg: 94439     median: 96054 (73%)     max: 97104 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
283 Points (78%)
93%
1 A18 +
min: 263     avg: 266.3     median: 263 (72%)     max: 273 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
314 Points (56%)
Antutu v10 - AnTuTu v10 Total Score
100%
1 A18 +
min: 1419440     avg: 1494600     median: 1432050 (47%)     max: 1632300 Points
Antutu v10 - AnTuTu v10 CPU
100%
1 A18 +
min: 360027     avg: 385174     median: 367061 (11%)     max: 428435 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 A18 +
12600 Points (2%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
1823 Points (68%)
80%
1 A18 +
min: 1407     avg: 1450     median: 1449.5 (54%)     max: 1492 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
150.1 Watt (26%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
155.6 Watt (28%)
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
100%
1 A18 +
min: 3.54     avg: 4.1     median: 3.8 (2%)     max: 4.91 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
8.6 Watt (6%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
8.9 Watt (10%)
1072%
1 A18 +
min: 0.693     avg: 0.8     median: 0.8 (1%)     max: 0.873 Watt
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
17.8 Points per Watt (13%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-13800H → 100% n=4

Average Benchmarks Apple A18 → 87% n=4

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-13600H → 90% n=4

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)