Intel’s flagship laptop CPUs, the Core i9-13980HX & Core i9-13900HX, have secured the top spot within the Passmark CPU benchmark.
Intel Core i9-13980HX & Core i9-13900HX Raptor Lake Chips Climb To The Top Spot In Passmark’s Laptop CPU Benchmark
The Intel Core i9-13980HX & Core i9-13900HX are definitely some of the fastest laptop CPUs ever made. Both chips offer the highest core count ever seen on a laptop with both chips equipped with 24 cores, 32 threads, and boost clocks of up to 5.6 GHz. Both chips are also fully unlocked but one thing to note is that with huge performance figures also comes higher power consumption. In that regard, the Raptor Lake-HX CPUs are rated at a base TDP of 55W and can sup up to 157W of power.
Just a few days ago, the AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX secured the top spot within the Passmark CPU tests and now, it has been replaced by the Raptor Lake-HX duo featuring the Core i9-13980HX & the i9-13900HX. The Core i9-13980HX CPU scores 54,483 points while the Core i9-13900HX scores 51,739 points. That’s 16% and 10% faster than the 12-Core Dragon Range CPU, respectively. Note that I’ve mentioned 12-Core for the Dragon Range parts and an even faster SKU exists in the form of AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX which would feature 16 cores and 32 threads and that’s expected to deliver even higher performance than the 12-core part.
While taking the lead in Passmark CPU benchmarks is one thing, we should also remember that the performance of these chips isn’t all that matters on the laptop platform. Power, Temperatures, and overall efficiency play an equal role in what makes a laptop chip great. While Intel Raptor Lake-HX CPUs have surely taken the performance crown (for now), we have seen in early reviews that they are very power-hungry. AMD’s Zen 4 core architecture on the other hand fares much better in the efficiency department and that could give AMD a big edge over Intel in the high-end laptop space.
Intel’s Raptor Lake-HX CPUs are available globally now and equipped with some of the fastest GPUs from NVIDIA in the form of their Ada RTX 40 series. Meanwhile, AMD is expected to have their first laptops featuring the Zen 4 core architecture, Ryzen 7040 and Ryzen 7045 series, next month. For laptop users, it’s better to wait a month more to see what AMD has to offer as they will also come with both NVIDIA GeForce and AMD Radeon GPU options. For users who want an iGPU, you can’t go wrong with the brand-new RDNA 3-powered Phoenix APUs.
Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake-HX Laptop CPUs:
CPU NameFamilyCores/ThreadsBase ClockBoost ClockGPU CoresTDP (Base/MTP)
Core i9-13980HXRPL-HX24 (8+16)2.2 GHz5.6 GHz32 EU55 / 157W
Core i9-13950HXRPL-HX24 (8+16)2.2 GHz5.5 GHz32 EU55 / 157W
Core i9-13900HXRPL-HX24 (8+16)2.2 GHz5.4 GHz32 EU55 / 157W
Core i7-13850HXRPL-HX20 (8+12)2.1 GHz5.3 GHz32 EU55 / 157W
Core i7-13700HXADL-HX16 (8+8)2.1 GHz5.0 GHz32 EU55 / 157W
Core i5-13650HXADL-HX14 (6+8)2.6 GHz4.9 GHz16 EU55 / 157W
Core i5-13600HXADL-HX14 (6+8)2.6 GHz4.8 GHz32 EU55 / 157W
Core i5-13500HXADL-HX14 (6+8)2.5 GHz4.7 GHz16 EU55 / 157W
Core i3-13450HXADL-HX10 (6+4)2.4 GHz4.6 GHz16 EU55 / 157W
Core i9-13900HKRPL-H14 (6+8)2.6 GHz5.4 GHz96 EU45 / 115W
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