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Intel Core i9-14900HX vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Intel Core i9-14900HX

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The Intel Core i9-14900HX is a high-end CPU based on the Raptor Lake architecture for large and heavy notebooks. The CPU was introduced at the beginning of 2024 and is a slightly higher clocked variant of the older Core i9-13980HX.

The total of 32 threads are divided into P-cores and E-cores, which we already know from Alder-Lake. Here, 8 performance cores (P-cores) with hyperthreading are used and 16 efficiency cores, so that a total of 32 threads can be processed simultaneously. The P-cores clock from 2.2 GHz (base clock) to 5.8 GHz (single-core turbo) and the E-cores from 1.6 GHz to 4.1 GHz.

Performance

Due to the slightly higher maximum clock rates, the single-core performance of the 14900HX in particular increases slightly compared to the 13980HX. Compared to AMD's top model, the Ryzen 9 7945HX or 7945HX3D the 14900HX comes in just behind (on average in our benchmarks). However, the performance depends on the benchmark and the cooling and is usually very comparable.

Graphics

Like the Intel Core i9-12900HX, the Intel Core i9-14900HX offers an integrated graphics unit. The Intel Iris XE architecture continues to serve as the basis. In terms of performance, however, not much has changed with the Intel UHD Graphics 770.

The 14900HX is manufactured on the improved 10nm FinFET process at Intel (Intel 7 process) and is specified with 55 watts of base power and 157 watts of turbo power.

Intel Core i5-13420H

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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 i9-14900HXIntel Core i5-13420H
SeriesIntel Raptor Lake-HXIntel Raptor Lake-H
CodenameRaptor Lake-HX RefreshRaptor Lake-H
Series: Raptor Lake-H Raptor Lake-H
Intel Core i9-14900HX « 1.6 - 5.8 GHz24 / 32 cores36 MB L3
Intel Core i7-14700HX compare3.9 - 5.5 GHz20 / 28 cores30 MB L3
Intel Core i7-14650HX compare1.6 - 5.2 GHz16 / 24 cores30 MB L3
Intel Core i5-14500HX compare1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-14450HX compare1.8 - 4.8 GHz10 / 16 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13900HK compare1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13905H compare1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-13900H compare1.9 - 5.4 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13800H compare1.8 - 5.2 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13705H compare1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13700H compare1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-13620H compare1.8 - 4.9 GHz10 / 16 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13600H compare2.1 - 4.8 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13505H compare1.9 - 4.7 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13500H compare1.9 - 4.7 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-13420H « 1.5 - 4.6 GHz8 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Clock1600 - 5800 MHz1500 - 4600 MHz
L2 Cache32 MB8 MB
L3 Cache36 MB12 MB
Cores / Threads24 / 32
8 x 5.8 GHz Intel Raptor Cove P-Core
16 x 4.1 GHz Intel Gracemont E-Core
8 / 12
4 x 4.6 GHz Intel Golden Cove P-Core
4 x 3.4 GHz Intel Gracemont E-Core
TDP55 Watt45 Watt
TDP Turbo PL2157 Watt
Technology10 nm10 nm
Die Size257 mm2
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketBGA1964BGA1700
FeaturesDDR4-3200/DDR5-5600 RAM, PCIe 5, Thr. Dir., DL B., GNA, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHAThread Director
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) ( - 1650 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs ( - 1400 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comwww.intel.com
L1 Cache704 KB

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i9-14900HX
55.4 pt (77%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-13420H
39.5 pt (55%)
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
min: 120.1     avg: 128.1     median: 129.7 (90%)     max: 131.7 Points
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
min: 1107     avg: 1634     median: 1718 (32%)     max: 2071 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 20702     avg: 29638     median: 30560 (28%)     max: 36249 Points
11871 Points (11%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1720     avg: 2160     median: 2194 (93%)     max: 2235 Points
1697 Points (72%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 657     avg: 827     median: 836.5 (93%)     max: 859 Points
652 Points (72%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 8427     avg: 11271     median: 11619 (28%)     max: 13832 Points
4524 Points (11%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 3263     avg: 4503     median: 4611 (29%)     max: 5589 Points
1815 Points (11%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 247     avg: 306.7     median: 311 (94%)     max: 320 Points
242 Points (73%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
21.5 Points (28%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.9 Points (73%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
9302 Points (56%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
47500 Points (34%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
5919 Points (9%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 87555     avg: 115052     median: 119352 (69%)     max: 136645 MIPS
44970 MIPS (26%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5452     avg: 7066     median: 7210.5 (86%)     max: 7508 MIPS
5331 MIPS (64%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
112.2 fps (39%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
320 fps (74%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 22.7     avg: 30.2     median: 30.8 (54%)     max: 38.9 fps
13.3 fps (23%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.9 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.7 GB/s (29%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
9.6 GB/s (25%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 155     avg: 205.7     median: 195 (2%)     max: 298 Seconds
502 Seconds (6%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 91     avg: 116.4     median: 110.5 (1%)     max: 164 Seconds
289 Seconds (2%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.3609     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (8%)     max: 0.4859 sec
0.5 sec (11%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 19451     avg: 20120     median: 20119.5 (43%)     max: 20788 Points
13996 Points (30%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7.8 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
16.5 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
422.7 s (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 16205     avg: 23670     median: 24087 (65%)     max: 29134 Points
17616 Points (48%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
92919 Points (76%)
95567 Points (78%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
94249 Points (76%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
94081 Points (79%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 16565     avg: 21097     median: 22021 (56%)     max: 24768 Points
15963 Points (40%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 32683     avg: 39028     median: 38887 (69%)     max: 46710 Points
23877 Points (43%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 13797     avg: 16800     median: 16908 (71%)     max: 18847 Points
8748 Points (37%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
min: 2419     avg: 2982     median: 3028.5 (82%)     max: 3129 Points
2318 Points (62%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
min: 15849     avg: 17715     median: 17918.5 (71%)     max: 19665 Points
9241 Points (36%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1669     avg: 2095     median: 2128.5 (90%)     max: 2210 Points
1664 Points (70%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 8618     avg: 19814     median: 20450 (37%)     max: 23194 Points
8336 Points (15%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 2090     avg: 2104     median: 2103.5 (9%)     max: 2117 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 19253     avg: 21215     median: 21214.5 (67%)     max: 23176 Points
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: 428     avg: 447.2     median: 443 (1%)     max: 535 ms
576 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 106992     avg: 109933     median: 109745 (96%)     max: 113875 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 246     avg: 298.4     median: 302.5 (87%)     max: 316 Points
238 Points (68%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 279     avg: 327.5     median: 328.5 (68%)     max: 345 Points
263 Points (55%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1877     avg: 2157     median: 2183 (84%)     max: 2344 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 89.1     avg: 176.6     median: 180 (31%)     max: 318 Watt
47.1 Watt (8%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 185     avg: 239.1     median: 240.4 (44%)     max: 301 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 14.8     avg: 23.8     median: 22.4 (15%)     max: 34.6 Watt
11.6 Watt (8%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 13.5     avg: 19.4     median: 18.1 (20%)     max: 35.2 Watt
8.2 Watt (9%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 16     avg: 19.9     median: 20 (15%)     max: 24.1 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i9-14900HX → 100% n=25

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-13420H → 69% n=25

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