Intel Core i7-13800H vs Intel Core i9-12900HK. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Core i9
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 13000H Intel Core i 12000H
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  13 12
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i7-12800H --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  14 / 20 14 / 20
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  6x Raptor Cove 6x Golden Cove
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont 8x Gracemont
• Overclocking
  No No

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.50 GHz 1.45 GHz
• Execution units
  96 96
• Shader
  768 768
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  4 4
• Generation
  13 13
• Direct X
  12.1 12.1
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2022

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-12900HK and Intel Core i7-13800H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-5200LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-6400 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• ECC
  Yes No
• PCIe
  5.0 x 28 4.0 x 28
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-13800H and Intel Core i9-12900HK to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL2)
  115 W 115 W
• TDP down
  35 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-13800H and Intel Core i7-13800H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1744 BGA 1744
• L2-Cache
  -- 11.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  24.00 MB 24.00 MB
• Architecture
  Raptor Lake H Alder Lake H
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q1/2022