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Intel Core i9 13900HX vs Apple M2

68 out of 100
Intel Core i9 13900HX
VS
57 out of 100
Apple M2
Intel Core i9 13900HX
Apple M2

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i9 13900HX with 24-cores against the 3.5 GHz Apple M2 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between M2 and 13900HX
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900HX
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 16 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Newer - released 7 months later
  • 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2865 vs 2589 points
Advantages of Apple M2
  • More powerful Apple M2 GPU integrated graphics: 2.9 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (14%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 13900HX
vs
Apple M2

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i9 13900HX +198%
1737
Apple M2
582
Cinebench Scores (#49th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i9 13900HX +11%
2865
Apple M2
2589
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 13900HX +67%
16919
Apple M2
10122
File compression 1330 MB/sec 1130 MB/sec
Clang compilation 167.1 Klines/sec 80.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 411.6 pages/sec 235.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 473.4 Mpixels/sec 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 281.2 pages/sec 257.4 pages/sec
Background blur 54.2 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing 129.9 images/sec 107 images/sec
Ray tracing 35.7 Mpixels/sec 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1097 & 465 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i9 13900HX +3%
3999
Apple M2
3883
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 13900HX +165%
41501
Apple M2
15651
Integer math 151 GOps/sec 37 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.8 GOps/sec 37.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 184M Primes/sec 174M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 57.1M Strings/sec 23.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 30.9 GBytes/sec 9.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 511.7 MBytes/sec 185.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 2532 Frames/sec 1667 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 29.4B Matrices/sec 7.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4223 & 4611 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 13900HX +226%
355.81
Apple M2
109.19

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 31.6 PPW 32.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 307.6 PPW 562.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 754.6 PPW 869.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.47 PPW 6.07 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i9 13900HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-01 (lubby)Cinebench 2024115 / 1737
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-12 (Mos)Cinebench 2024103 / 1014
πŸ“˜ 2024-08-11 (Guest #2)Cinebench 2024117 / 1580
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Apple M2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-14 (T)Geekbench 6 CPU2647 / 10245
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-05 (AR)Geekbench 6 CPU2655 / 10211
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Shivam)Geekbench 6 CPU2619 / 9900
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13900HX and Apple M2

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 3, 2023 June 6, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Raptor Lake Apple M2
Model number i9-13900HX -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Apple M2 GPU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#52nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 16 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 4
E-Threads 16 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.9 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 24 8
Total Threads 32 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 22x -
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 20 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 18 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W -
Socket BGA-1964 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -
Laptop processors ranking (63rd and 133rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Apple M2 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 256 1024
TMUs 16 64
ROPs 8 32
Execution Units 32 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 13900HX
0.8 TFLOPS
Apple M2 +262%
2.9 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M2 GPU (8-core) compared to UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 24 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 13900HX official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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Comments

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