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Intel Core i7-13700H vs Apple M3 vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Intel Core i7-13700H

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The Intel Core i7-13700H 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 2.4 to 5 GHz (single core turbo, all-core 4.7 GHz) on the performance cluster and 1.8 to 3.7 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.

Performance

The average 13700H in our database delivers multi-thread benchmark scores that are most similar to those of the Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS, Core i7-12700H, Core i9-12900H. This is a very, very fast CPU, as of mid 2023, even if it does not quite manage to demolish its direct predecessor (the 12700H).

Thanks to its powerful cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 90 W, the MSI Pulse 17 B13VGK is among the fastest systems built around the i7-13700H that we know of. It can be 60% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system in our database powered by the same chip, 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) clocked at up to 1.5 GHz.

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).

Apple M3

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The Apple M3 is a system on a chip (SoC) from Apple for notebooks that was introduced in late 2023. It integrates a new 8-core CPU with 4 performance cores with up to 4.06 GHz and 4 efficiency cores running at up to 2.75 GHz. Apple claims that the CPU is up to 20% faster than in the old Apple M2 (3.5 GHz)

Due to the higher clock speeds and architecture improvements, the processor performance is also significantly better than the M2 in benchmarks (see e.g. Geekbench below) and can keep up with the fastest CPUs in short single-core tests (like the Raptor Lake i9-13950HX).

The M3 also integrates a new graphics adapter with dynamic caching, mesh shading and ray tracing acceleration. According to Apple, it is 20% faster than the GPU in the M2. The chip integrates again 10 GPU cores, but the cheaper variant only offers 8 cores (e.g. in the entry iMac). Furthermore, the GPU only supports 2 displays (an additional 6K60 display to the internal one).

Both GPU and CPU can access the unified memory on the package together. It is still available in 8, 16 and 24 GB variants and offers the same 100 GB/s maximum bandwidth (unlike the Pro models that feature a reduced memory bandwidth). 

The integrated 16-core Neural Engine has also been revised and now offers 18 TOPS peak performance (versus 15.8 TOPS in the M2 but 35 TOPS in the new A17 Pro). The video engine now supports AV1 decoding in hardware. H.264, HEVC and ProRes (RAW) can still be decoded and encoded.

Unfortunately, the integrated wireless network module only supports Wi-Fi 6E (no Wi-Fi 7) and due to the support of only a single external monitor, the chip also has to make do with no Thunderbolt 4 (Thunderbolt 3 / USB 4 support only for up to 40 Gbit/s).

The chip is manufactured on the current 3nm TSMC process (N3B most likely) and contains 25 billion transistors (+25% vs. Apple M2). The 3nm process should also contribute to the excellent efficiency of the chip. Under load, the M3 CPU consumes approximately 20 Watt.

Intel Core i5-13420H

► remove from comparison Intel i5-13420H

The Intel Core i5-13420H is a mid-range mobile CPU for laptops based on the Raptor Lake-H series (Alder Lake architecture). It was announced in early 2023 and offers 4 of the 6 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 4 of the 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 16 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 2.1 to 4.6 GHz (single core boost, all core up to 4.5 GHz) on the performance cluster and 1.5 to 3.4 GHz on the efficient cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6700HQ). All cores can use up to 12 MB L3 cache. 

Performance

Thanks to the higher clock speeds of the improved Intel 7 process, the Core i5-13420H can surpass the old Core i5-12450H (e.g., + 200 MHz boost).

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-5200 (up from DDR5-4800 of the i5-12500H). 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 48 of the 96 EUs (Execution Units).

The CPU is rated at 45 W base power (95 W PL2) but most laptops will use a PL1 of around 60 Watt. The SoC is manufactured in a further improved 10nm process at Intel, which is known as Intel 7.

ModelIntel Core i7-13700HApple M3Intel Core i5-13420H
SeriesIntel Raptor Lake-HApple Apple M3Intel Raptor Lake-H
CodenameRaptor Lake-HRaptor Lake-H
Series: Raptor Lake-H Raptor Lake-H
Intel Core i9-13900HK1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13905H1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13900H1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13800H1.8 - 5.2 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13705H1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13700H « 1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13620H1.8 - 4.9 GHz10 / 16 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13600H2.1 - 4.8 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13505H1.9 - 4.7 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13500H1.9 - 4.7 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13420H1.5 - 4.6 GHz8 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Apple M3 Max 16-Core2.75 - 4.06 GHz16 / 16 cores
Apple M3 Max 14-Core2.75 - 4.06 GHz14 / 14 cores
Apple M3 Pro 12-Core2.75 - 4.06 GHz12 / 12 cores
Apple M3 Pro 11-Core2.75 - 4.06 GHz11 / 11 cores
Apple M3 « 2.75 - 4.06 GHz8 / 8 cores
Intel Core i9-13900HK1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13905H1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13900H1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13800H1.8 - 5.2 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13705H1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13700H1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13620H1.8 - 4.9 GHz10 / 16 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13600H2.1 - 4.8 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13505H1.9 - 4.7 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13500H1.9 - 4.7 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13420H « 1.5 - 4.6 GHz8 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Clock1800 - 5000 MHz2748 - 4056 MHz1500 - 4600 MHz
L1 Cache1.2 MB704 KB
L2 Cache11.5 MB4 MB8 MB
L3 Cache24 MB12 MB
Cores / Threads14 / 20
6 x 5.0 GHz Intel Raptor Cove P-Core
8 x 3.7 GHz Intel Gracemont E-Core
8 / 8
4 x 4.1 GHz Apple M3 P-Core
4 x 2.7 GHz Apple M3 E-Core
8 / 12
4 x 4.6 GHz Intel Golden Cove P-Core
4 x 3.4 GHz Intel Gracemont E-Core
TDP45 Watt45 Watt
Technology10 nm3 nm10 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketBGA1744BGA1700
FeaturesDDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266/DDR5-5200/LPDDR5-6400/LPDDR5x-6400 RAM, PCIe 5, Thr. Dir., 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, SHAARMv8 Instruction SetThread Director
iGPUIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs ( - 1500 MHz)Apple M3 10-Core GPUIntel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs ( - 1400 MHz)
Architecturex86ARMx86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comwww.apple.comwww.intel.com
Transistors25000 Million

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-13700H
44.2 pt (61%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-13420H
39.5 pt (55%)
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
111 Points (77%)
127%
1 M3 +
min: 140     avg: 141     median: 141 (98%)     max: 142 Points
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
818 Points (15%)
73%
1 M3 +
min: 576     avg: 622     median: 599.5 (11%)     max: 712 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 5890     avg: 15266     median: 15541.5 (14%)     max: 20034 Points
66%
M3 +
min: 10074     avg: 10275     median: 10298 (10%)     max: 10454 Points
11871 Points (11%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1323     avg: 1797     median: 1863 (79%)     max: 1914 Points
102%
M3 +
min: 1900     avg: 1901     median: 1900 (81%)     max: 1904 Points
1697 Points (72%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 508     avg: 693     median: 719 (80%)     max: 741 Points
70%
M3 +
504 Points (56%)
652 Points (72%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 2322     avg: 5945     median: 6018.5 (15%)     max: 7674 Points
47%
M3 +
2818 Points (7%)
4524 Points (11%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 905     avg: 2455     median: 2505.5 (16%)     max: 2982 Points
60%
M3 +
1499 Points (9%)
1815 Points (11%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 213     avg: 260.4     median: 269 (81%)     max: 278 Points
101%
M3 +
271 Points (82%)
242 Points (73%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
33.8 Points (44%)
21.5 Points (28%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
3.3 Points (82%)
2.9 Points (73%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
10487 Points (63%)
9302 Points (56%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
65623 Points (48%)
47500 Points (34%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
100409 Points (70%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
15266 Points (19%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
208.8 s (2%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
2.9 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
7559 Points (12%)
5919 Points (9%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 27322     avg: 61025     median: 61381.5 (35%)     max: 76344 MIPS
44970 MIPS (26%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 4825     avg: 5858     median: 6034 (72%)     max: 6238 MIPS
5331 MIPS (64%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
167.5 fps (58%)
112.2 fps (39%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
340.5 fps (79%)
320 fps (74%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 6.72     avg: 16.7     median: 16.9 (30%)     max: 21.2 fps
13.3 fps (23%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.5 GB/s (0%)
0.9 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
2.9 GB/s (50%)
1.7 GB/s (29%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
16.1 GB/s (42%)
9.6 GB/s (25%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 295     avg: 404.1     median: 385 (5%)     max: 907 Seconds
98%
M3 +
min: 491     avg: 590     median: 517 (7%)     max: 761 Seconds
502 Seconds (6%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 169     avg: 229.4     median: 217 (2%)     max: 555 Seconds
98%
M3 +
min: 474     avg: 509     median: 494 (3%)     max: 558 Seconds
289 Seconds (2%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4308     avg: 0.5     median: 0.4 (10%)     max: 0.607 sec
0.5 sec (11%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 13025     avg: 15916     median: 15415 (33%)     max: 19810 Points
13996 Points (30%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
6.8 s (1%)
7.8 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
14.8 s (1%)
16.5 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
371.9 s (2%)
422.7 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
79797 Points (70%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 7388     avg: 19959     median: 20503.5 (55%)     max: 25179 Points
17616 Points (48%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 81147     avg: 91751     median: 92897 (75%)     max: 100286 Points
95567 Points (78%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 88650     avg: 97627     median: 99436 (81%)     max: 104795 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 89385     avg: 96005     median: 98040 (83%)     max: 100591 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 7531     avg: 17293     median: 17753 (45%)     max: 22289 Points
15963 Points (40%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 4242     avg: 24628     median: 26188 (47%)     max: 30010 Points
23877 Points (43%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 4312     avg: 10479     median: 11075 (47%)     max: 13904 Points
8748 Points (37%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
min: 2316     avg: 2551     median: 2605 (70%)     max: 2639 Points
118%
M3 +
min: 3026     avg: 3077     median: 3076 (83%)     max: 3130 Points
2318 Points (62%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
min: 8415     avg: 11887     median: 11872.5 (47%)     max: 13832 Points
101%
M3 +
min: 11863     avg: 11984     median: 11992 (47%)     max: 12066 Points
9241 Points (36%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1362     avg: 1792     median: 1828.5 (77%)     max: 1919 Points
128%
M3 +
min: 2256     avg: 2316     median: 2342 (99%)     max: 2350 Points
1664 Points (70%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6165     avg: 11777     median: 12127 (22%)     max: 14215 Points
89%
M3 +
min: 10570     avg: 10697     median: 10748 (19%)     max: 10774 Points
8336 Points (15%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1761     avg: 1810     median: 1815 (8%)     max: 1854 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 12854     avg: 13227     median: 13200 (42%)     max: 13628 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
8083 Points (81%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
50819 Points (56%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
7053 Points (96%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
31808 Points (77%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 490     avg: 513     median: 499.5 (1%)     max: 570 ms
100%
M3 +
min: 362.8     avg: 366.4     median: 363.1 (0%)     max: 373.2 ms
576 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 78885     avg: 90890     median: 92987 (82%)     max: 96738 Points
104%
1 M3 +
min: 96622     avg: 97216     median: 96933 (85%)     max: 98093 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 208     avg: 262.7     median: 270 (78%)     max: 325 Points
116%
M3 +
min: 313     avg: 314     median: 314 (90%)     max: 315 Points
238 Points (68%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 215     avg: 289.3     median: 297 (62%)     max: 321 Points
150%
M3 +
min: 423     avg: 438.7     median: 445 (93%)     max: 448 Points
263 Points (55%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1205     avg: 1757     median: 1768 (68%)     max: 2073 Points
104%
1 M3 +
min: 1847     avg: 1850     median: 1847 (71%)     max: 1857 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 37.8     avg: 89.4     median: 83.3 (14%)     max: 148 Watt
47.1 Watt (8%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 67.7     avg: 114.5     median: 116.2 (21%)     max: 166 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 4.1     avg: 13.3     median: 14.9 (10%)     max: 24.4 Watt
109%
1 M3 +
min: 2.63     avg: 2.8     median: 2.8 (2%)     max: 2.87 Watt
11.6 Watt (8%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 5.21     avg: 11.6     median: 11.9 (13%)     max: 20.1 Watt
109%
1 M3 +
min: 3.94     avg: 4.4     median: 4.4 (5%)     max: 4.7 Watt
8.2 Watt (9%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 17.9     avg: 23.5     median: 23.3 (17%)     max: 29.6 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-13700H → 100% n=15

Average Benchmarks Apple M3 → 96% n=15

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-13420H → 86% n=15

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