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Intel Core i9-13950HX vs Intel Core i5-13450HX vs Intel Core i5-13600HX

Intel Core i9-13950HX

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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.

Intel Core i5-13450HX

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The Intel Core i5-13450HX is a fast mid-range mobile processor of the Raptor Lake series. Is was announced in early 2023. The CPU integrates 6 fast Raptor Cove performance cores (P-cores) with HyperThreading and 4 Gracemont efficiency cores without HyperThreading. The P-Cores clock between 2.4 GHz (base) up to 4.6 GHz (single core boost, all-core 4.5 GHz). The smaller E-Cores clock between 1.8 and 3.4 GHz. All cores can access the combined 20 MB L3 cache (compared to the 36 MB of the i9 models).

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 13450HX as of August 2023, we have tested several systems featuring the Core i5-12600K, a CPU with very similar specs (six P-cores mated to four E-cores, both running at insignificantly faster clock speeds than what the 13450HX has). Based on that, we expect the 13450HX to be 10% to 15% behind the Ryzen 7 7840HS and the Ryzen 9 7940HS, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned.

Your mileage may vary depending on how competent the system's cooling solution is and how high the CPU power limits are.

Power consumption

The chip's "minimum assured" power consumption sits at 45 W. Its Turbo power consumption is not supposed to go over 157 W and 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 extract as much performance out of the chip as possible.

The i5-13450HX is built with Intel's 4th generation 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for average, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i5-13600HX

► remove from comparison Intel i5-13600HX

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.

ModelIntel Core i9-13950HXIntel Core i5-13450HXIntel Core i5-13600HX
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 i9-13950HX « 1.6 - 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 i7-13700HX1.5 - 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 i5-13450HX « 1.8 - 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 i7-13700HX1.5 - 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
Clock1600 - 5500 MHz1800 - 4600 MHz1900 - 4800 MHz
L2 Cache32 MB
L3 Cache36 MB20 MB24 MB
Cores / Threads24 / 32
8 x 5.5 GHz Intel Raptor Cove P-Core
16 x 4.0 GHz Intel Gracemont E-Core
10 / 16
6 x 4.5 GHz Intel Raptor Cove P-Core
4 x 3.4 GHz Intel Gracemont E-Core
14 / 20
TDP55 Watt55 Watt55 Watt
Technology10 nm10 nm10 nm
Die Size257 mm2257 mm2257 mm2
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C100 °C
SocketBGA1964BGA1964BGA1964
FeaturesDDR4-3200/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, TMEDDR4-3200/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, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHADDR4-3200/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, SHA
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 770 ( - 1650 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) ( - 1450 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 770 ( - 1500 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i9-13950HX
53.4 pt (74%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-13450HX
42.6 pt (59%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 24560     avg: 29352     median: 28681 (27%)     max: 33277 Points
16575 Points (15%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1952     avg: 2067     median: 2096 (89%)     max: 2113 Points
1766 Points (75%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 742     avg: 788     median: 801 (89%)     max: 816 Points
680 Points (76%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 8697     avg: 10973     median: 10919 (27%)     max: 12648 Points
6489 Points (16%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 3625     avg: 4565     median: 4529 (29%)     max: 5227 Points
2427 Points (15%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 274     avg: 292.9     median: 297 (89%)     max: 303 Points
251 Points (76%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
60 Points (78%)
29.2 Points (38%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
3.6 Points (89%)
3.1 Points (76%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
11424 Points (69%)
9840 Points (59%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
80693 Points (58%)
58749 Points (43%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
6830 Points (11%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 99351     avg: 115415     median: 116665 (67%)     max: 127295 MIPS
61811 MIPS (35%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 6445     avg: 6775     median: 6754 (81%)     max: 7064 MIPS
5571 MIPS (67%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
141.7 fps (49%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
324.6 fps (75%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 26     avg: 30.7     median: 31 (54%)     max: 34.5 fps
16.9 fps (30%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.6 GB/s (28%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
13.5 GB/s (35%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 175     avg: 203.1     median: 196 (2%)     max: 254 Seconds
387 Seconds (5%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 100     avg: 112.4     median: 111 (1%)     max: 137 Seconds
196 Seconds (1%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.3823     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (9%)     max: 0.4121 sec
0.5 sec (10%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
19311 Points (41%)
14017 Points (30%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
6.2 s (1%)
7.2 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
15.9 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
322.8 s (1%)
402 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
79200 Points (69%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 19337     avg: 23708     median: 23960 (65%)     max: 27078 Points
21982 Points (59%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
81602 Points (66%)
82893 Points (67%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
77857 Points (63%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
81621 Points (69%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
16332 Points (41%)
19916 Points (50%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 31279     avg: 37843     median: 39372 (70%)     max: 42199 Points
27595 Points (49%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 13744     avg: 15379     median: 14805 (62%)     max: 18867 Points
12644 Points (53%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
min: 2890     avg: 2920     median: 2919.5 (89%)     max: 2949 Points
2448 Points (74%)
2920 Points (89%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
min: 15878     avg: 16928     median: 16927.5 (67%)     max: 17977 Points
12619 Points (50%)
15910 Points (63%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1805     avg: 2013     median: 2043 (86%)     max: 2097 Points
1763 Points (74%)
min: 1885     avg: 1913     median: 1912.5 (81%)     max: 1940 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 16776     avg: 19501     median: 20036 (36%)     max: 21853 Points
12022 Points (22%)
min: 14280     avg: 15135     median: 15135 (27%)     max: 15990 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1856     avg: 1979     median: 2006 (9%)     max: 2048 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 16846     avg: 18847     median: 18486.5 (58%)     max: 21567 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
7348 Points (100%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
41034 Points (100%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 451     avg: 466.6     median: 468 (1%)     max: 478 ms
531 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
103911 Points (93%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 279     avg: 290.9     median: 291 (84%)     max: 302 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 266     avg: 306.3     median: 318.5 (66%)     max: 346 Points
281 Points (59%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1592     avg: 1950     median: 1964 (75%)     max: 2139 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 134.5     avg: 188.3     median: 205 (35%)     max: 223 Watt
160.8 Watt (28%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 145     avg: 212.8     median: 204 (37%)     max: 259 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 14.2     avg: 20     median: 15.5 (10%)     max: 35 Watt
31.6 Watt (21%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 15     avg: 18.5     median: 17 (19%)     max: 27.1 Watt
11.5 Watt (13%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 18.8     avg: 21.5     median: 21.4 (16%)     max: 25 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i9-13950HX → 100% n=4

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-13450HX → 76% n=4

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-13600HX → 91% n=4

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