Intel Core i9 13900HX vs i7 13620H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i9 13900HX with 24-cores against the 2.4 GHz i7 13620H with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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 13620H and 13900HX
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13900HX
  • Has 14 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2865 vs 2494 points
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13620H
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) integrated graphics: 1.5 vs 0.8 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#49th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
16919
File compression 1330 MB/sec 1100 MB/sec
Clang compilation 167.1 Klines/sec 86.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 411.6 pages/sec 293.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 473.4 Mpixels/sec 338.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 281.2 pages/sec 251.9 pages/sec
Background blur 54.2 images/sec 52.1 images/sec
Photo processing 129.9 images/sec 107.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 35.7 Mpixels/sec 20 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1097 & 978 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
41501
Integer math 151 GOps/sec 79.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 106.8 GOps/sec 58.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 184M Primes/sec 94M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 57.1M Strings/sec 28.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 30.9 GBytes/sec 15 GBytes/sec
Data compression 511.7 MBytes/sec 270 MBytes/sec
Physics 2532 Frames/sec 1561 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 29.4B Matrices/sec 16.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4223 & 7401 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
355.81

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 31.6 PPW 18.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 307.6 PPW 273.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 754.6 PPW 516.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.47 PPW 4.12 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
Intel Core i7 13620H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (Texar)Cinebench 2026531 / 1297
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-17 (kam)Geekbench 6 CPU2647 / 13329
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Sus Go0d)Geekbench 6 CPU2523 / 11616
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Gigant)Geekbench 6 CPU2644 / 11794
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Gigant)Cinebench 2024113 / 914

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13900HX and i7 13620H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2023 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Raptor Lake
Model number i9-13900HX i7-13620H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) UHD Graphics (64EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX - AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX - Intel Core 7 240H
Intel CPU rating (52nd and 122nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 4
E-Threads 16 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.9 GHz 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 24 10
Total Threads 32 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 24x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W 115 W
Socket BGA-1964 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (63rd and 161st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Intel UHD Graphics (64EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 256 512
TMUs 16 32
ROPs 8 16
Execution Units 32 64
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.8 TFLOPS
1.5 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR5x-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 13900HX official page Intel Core i7 13620H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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