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Intel Core i9-13900H vs Intel Core i7-1280P

Intel Core i9-13900H

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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 2.6 to 5.4 GHz (single core turbo, all-core 4.9 GHz) on the performance cluster and 1.9 to 4.1 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. Compared to the similar Core i9-13900HK, the 13900H supports no open multiplicator for overclocking, but on the other hand the full set of vPro management features.

Performance

The average 13900H in our database is in the same league as the Core i5-13500HX, Core i7-13705H, Core i9-12900HK, Core i9-13905H and also the Ryzen 9 7940HS, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 115 W, the Stealth 17 Studio A13VH-014 is among the fastest laptops built around the 13900H that we know of. It can be about 50% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

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).

Intel Core i7-1280P

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The Intel Core i7-1280P is the flagship Alder Lake-P CPU, which is to say, an expensive 28 W part meant for use in ultra-light (yet actively cooled) laptops. This CPU was announced in early 2022 and it has 6 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) mated to 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores are Hyper-Threading-enabled for whopping 20 threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock speeds range from 1.8 GHz to 4.8 GHz for the performance cluster and 1.3 GHz to 3.6 GHz for the efficiency cluster. This is the only hexa-core 28 W Alder Lake CPU as of February 2022, trumping what the more affordable i7-1270P and i7-1260P have in store. Full vPro feature set is supported by this Core i7 ("Enterprise" tier, allowing for remote device management).

Architecture

The i7 is a continuation of Intel's efforts to use the ARM-developed big.LITTLE technology for its own benefit. A single "little" Alder Lake core is supposed to be just as fast as a Skylake core (as found in the venerable Core i7-6700HQ among other options) which is six years old at this point. All of a Core i7-1280P's CPU cores enjoy access to 24 MB of L3 cache. The integrated memory controller supports up to 64 GB of LPDDR5-5200, DDR5-4800, LPDDR4x-4267 or DDR4-3200 RAM. Just like the other 12th Gen Intel Core processors, Core i7-1280P comes with Thread Director which is a new functionality designed to help Windows 11 decide which cores to use for what workload for best performance and efficiency possible. Hardware acceleration of AI algorithms is supported via GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). PCI-Express 5.0 support has not found its way into Alder Lake P processors, so users will have to be content with PCI-Express 4.0 for the time being. Four PCI-Express 4 lanes allow for a read/write rate of up to 7.9 GB/s, provided a suitably fast NVMe SSD is used.

Please note this is not a user-replaceable CPU. It gets soldered permanently on to the motherboard (BGA1744 socket interface).

Performance

The average 1280P in our database delivers multi-thread benchmarks scores that are most similar to those of the Ryzen 9 5900HS, Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS and also the Core i9-11980HK.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 80 W, the MSI Summit E16 Flip A12UDT-031 is among the fastest laptops built around the 1280P that we know of. It can be roughly 60% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Graphics

The built-in graphics adapter in the form of the 96 EU Iris Xe running at up to 1.45 GHz has seen no change from what was built into the 11th Gen Tiger Lake-UP3 processors, like a i7-1165G7, which is hardly a downside as this iGPU is loaded with modern features such as AV1 video decoding capability and SUHD 4320p monitor support. An Iris Xe Graphics G7 will let you use up to 4 monitors simultaneously, provided the laptop has the ports required.

The graphics adapter will let you play most games at 1080p / Medium settings to be very close to NVIDIA's MX350.

That being said, the Xe's gaming performance is bound to be tied to how high the Power Limits and how competent the cooling solution of a laptop are. Fast RAM is a prerequisite for decent performance as well (the Iris Xe has to make do with no dedicated video memory).

Last but not the least, we discovered that the GPU utilization when playing YouTube UHD 2160p60 videos is higher than it was with Tiger Lake chips.

Power consumption

The i7's base power consumption (also known as the default TDP value or the PL1) is 28 W, with 64 W being its maximum Intel-recommended Turbo power consumption (also known as the PL2). The "Minimum Assured" power consumption is fairly high at 20 watts. All in all, an active cooling solution is a must for a CPU like this.

The i7-1280P is built with Intel's fourth-gen 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for decent, as of late 2022, energy efficiency. This is still a rather power-hungry CPU; a single P-core will happily eat more than 20 W and even ask for more when under heavy load. A couple of higher-end 7 nm U-class AMD Ryzen 5000 chips are noticeably more modest than the i7 while delivering the same or higher performance levels.

ModelIntel Core i9-13900HIntel Core i7-1280P
CodenameRaptor Lake-HAlder Lake-P
SeriesIntel Raptor Lake-HIntel Alder Lake-P
Series: Alder Lake-P Alder Lake-P
Intel Core i9-13900HK compare1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13905H compare1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13900H « 1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13800H compare1.8 - 5.2 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13705H compare1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13700H compare1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13620H compare1.8 - 4.9 GHz10 / 16 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13600H compare2.1 - 4.8 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13505H compare1.9 - 4.7 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13500H compare1.9 - 4.7 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13420H compare1.5 - 4.6 GHz8 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1280P « 1.3 - 4.8 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1270P compare1.6 - 4.8 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1260P compare1.5 - 4.7 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1250P compare1.2 - 4.4 GHz12 / 16 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1240P compare1.2 - 4.4 GHz12 / 16 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1220P compare1.1 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Clock1900 - 5400 MHz1300 - 4800 MHz
L1 Cache1.2 MB1.2 MB
L2 Cache11.5 MB11.5 MB
L3 Cache24 MB24 MB
Cores / Threads14 / 20
6 x 5.4 GHz Intel Golden Cove P-Core
8 x 4.1 GHz Intel Gracemont E-Core
14 / 20
TDP45 Watt28 Watt
Technology10 nm10 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketBGA1744BGA1744
FeaturesDDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266/DDR5-5200/LPDDR5-6400/LPDDR5x-6400 RAM, PCIe 5, Thr. Dir., DL B., GNA, vPro Ent., RPE, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHADDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266/DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thr. Director, DL Boost, GNA, Rem. Platf. Erase, 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
iGPUIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs ( - 1500 MHz)Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs ( - 1450 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i9-13900H
40.9 pt (68%)
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Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-1280P
36.1 pt (60%)
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Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
min: 101     avg: 106.7     median: 103.5 (58%)     max: 118.8 Points
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
min: 680     avg: 791     median: 760.5 (14%)     max: 962 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 11997     avg: 16813     median: 17471 (16%)     max: 20385 Points
min: 8632     avg: 11685     median: 11666 (11%)     max: 14803 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1297     avg: 1887     median: 1964.5 (83%)     max: 2054 Points
min: 1609     avg: 1670     median: 1651 (69%)     max: 1787 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 428     avg: 720     median: 753 (82%)     max: 792 Points
min: 615     avg: 642     median: 629 (69%)     max: 701 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 4935     avg: 6533     median: 6808 (17%)     max: 7716 Points
min: 3283     avg: 4627     median: 4677.5 (11%)     max: 5415 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 2061     avg: 2676     median: 2666.5 (17%)     max: 3100 Points
min: 1905     avg: 2120     median: 2112 (13%)     max: 2332 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 211     avg: 268.9     median: 279 (77%)     max: 297 Points
min: 203     avg: 237.3     median: 238 (66%)     max: 258 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 27.48     avg: 28.5     median: 28.5 (37%)     max: 29.65 Points
25.2 Points (33%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.93     avg: 3     median: 3 (71%)     max: 3 Points
3.1 Points (73%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 9326     avg: 9502     median: 9550 (58%)     max: 9630 Points
8881 Points (54%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 53438     avg: 54582     median: 53904 (39%)     max: 56403 Points
46007 Points (33%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 76558     avg: 78476     median: 79014 (50%)     max: 79856 Points
70566 Points (45%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 13515     avg: 13696     median: 13752 (17%)     max: 13820 Points
14362 Points (17%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 179.496     avg: 340.6     median: 412.8 (5%)     max: 429.446 s
1168 s (14%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 3.141     avg: 3.4     median: 3.5 (1%)     max: 3.521 s
34 s (7%)
wPrime 1.55 - wPrime 1.55 1024m *
1165 s (5%)
wPrime 1.55 - wPrime 1.55 32m *
28 s (15%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 6365     avg: 7489     median: 6800 (11%)     max: 9303 Points
7082 Points (11%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
min: 45045     avg: 66435     median: 70166 (40%)     max: 79032 MIPS
min: 45292     avg: 49730     median: 49572 (28%)     max: 53710 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 3665     avg: 6054     median: 6276 (74%)     max: 6600 MIPS
min: 4995     avg: 5488     median: 5540 (65%)     max: 5874 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 110.15     avg: 120.9     median: 114 (38%)     max: 138.55 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 284     avg: 294     median: 297.5 (69%)     max: 300.5 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 14.1     avg: 18.5     median: 18.9 (33%)     max: 22.3 fps
min: 9.62     avg: 12.5     median: 12.9 (23%)     max: 14.5 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 1.2     avg: 1.3     median: 1.3 (38%)     max: 1.4 GB/s
1.2 GB/s (35%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 2.3     avg: 2.4     median: 2.4 (41%)     max: 2.5 GB/s
2.1 GB/s (36%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 13.2     avg: 13.8     median: 13.3 (35%)     max: 14.8 GB/s
11.8 GB/s (31%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 279     avg: 348.7     median: 336 (4%)     max: 467 Seconds
min: 490     avg: 566     median: 537 (7%)     max: 741 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 166     avg: 205.4     median: 196 (1%)     max: 268 Seconds
min: 259     avg: 281.7     median: 285 (2%)     max: 309 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4052     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (9%)     max: 0.723 sec
min: 0.4505     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (10%)     max: 0.512 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 13869     avg: 14775     median: 14893 (32%)     max: 15501 Points
6579 Points (14%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 6.156     avg: 7     median: 7.4 (2%)     max: 7.512 s
7 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 13.784     avg: 15.5     median: 16.2 (1%)     max: 16.436 s
16 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 350.453     avg: 397.4     median: 417.1 (2%)     max: 424.723 s
366 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 55574     avg: 64502     median: 63194 (49%)     max: 75108 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 15540     avg: 21781     median: 22343 (55%)     max: 25420 Points
min: 11415     avg: 15372     median: 15372.5 (38%)     max: 18478 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 83732     avg: 94385     median: 93901 (76%)     max: 103874 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 85594     avg: 91529     median: 93285 (76%)     max: 95474 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 89904     avg: 94148     median: 95253 (76%)     max: 98040 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 12004     avg: 17867     median: 17844.5 (45%)     max: 22184 Points
min: 7264     avg: 12588     median: 12154 (31%)     max: 17047 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 17733     avg: 26658     median: 27039 (48%)     max: 32664 Points
min: 15398     avg: 19695     median: 19017.5 (34%)     max: 25756 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 7863     avg: 11535     median: 11648 (49%)     max: 13726 Points
min: 6205     avg: 8459     median: 7672.5 (32%)     max: 12031 Points
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
min: 2415     avg: 2650     median: 2653.5 (66%)     max: 2807 Points
2441 Points (61%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
min: 11118     avg: 12847     median: 12644 (49%)     max: 14404 Points
9972 Points (39%)
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core
min: 2494     avg: 2640     median: 2609.5 (83%)     max: 3105 Points
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core
min: 11059     avg: 13474     median: 13148.5 (54%)     max: 21003 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1140     avg: 1895     median: 1955 (76%)     max: 2043 Points
min: 1571     avg: 1701     median: 1746 (68%)     max: 1802 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 9094     avg: 12649     median: 12890 (23%)     max: 15410 Points
min: 9623     avg: 10839     median: 11191 (20%)     max: 11811 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1654     avg: 1801     median: 1828.5 (8%)     max: 1958 Points
min: 1685     avg: 1706     median: 1694 (7%)     max: 1738 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 11168     avg: 12381     median: 12212 (39%)     max: 14172 Points
min: 9886     avg: 10561     median: 10537 (33%)     max: 11260 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 7253     avg: 7955     median: 8190 (82%)     max: 8498 Points
7522 Points (75%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 41851     avg: 47143     median: 45193 (45%)     max: 54848 Points
40196 Points (40%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 456     avg: 507     median: 479 (1%)     max: 828 ms
min: 526     avg: 563     median: 538 (1%)     max: 683 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
95.5 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 85435     avg: 97010     median: 100627 (74%)     max: 102947 Points
min: 83104     avg: 84579     median: 84578.5 (62%)     max: 86053 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 133.5     avg: 274     median: 283.5 (78%)     max: 348 Points
min: 232     avg: 247.2     median: 248.5 (68%)     max: 257 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 171.4     avg: 301.6     median: 316 (57%)     max: 340 Points
min: 203     avg: 271.3     median: 286 (51%)     max: 290 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1104     avg: 1871     median: 1912 (72%)     max: 2146 Points
min: 1652     avg: 1704     median: 1690 (63%)     max: 1773 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 38.1     avg: 100     median: 100.1 (17%)     max: 154 Watt
min: 40.8     avg: 56.1     median: 54.3 (9%)     max: 73.4 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 66.1     avg: 123.7     median: 114.8 (21%)     max: 196.9 Watt
min: 45.3     avg: 65.3     median: 65.1 (12%)     max: 90.7 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 2.9     avg: 13.7     median: 14.5 (10%)     max: 28.1 Watt
min: 3.08     avg: 8.5     median: 8.7 (6%)     max: 13.6 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 4.85     avg: 13.3     median: 12.3 (14%)     max: 24 Watt
min: 4.07     avg: 10.5     median: 10.2 (11%)     max: 17.4 Watt
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
min: 13.6     avg: 27.8     median: 22 (16%)     max: 97.6 Points per Watt
min: 25.7     avg: 32.6     median: 30.3 (23%)     max: 46.8 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i9-13900H → 100% n=45

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-1280P → 82% n=45

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