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Intel Core i9-13950HX vs Intel Core i9-13900KS. Specifications, performance, tests

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Intel Core i9-13900KS
Intel Core i9-13900KS

What's the best choice Intel Core i9-13950HX or Intel Core i9-13900KS? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Core i9-13950HX has a base frequency of 2.20 GHz (5.50 GHz). 24 / 32 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 55 W. Released in Q1/2023.

Intel Core i9-13900KS has a base frequency of 3.20 GHz (6.00 GHz). 24 / 32 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 150 W. Released in Q1/2023.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    18 left arrow place
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    55 W left arrow 150 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-13950HX CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    11 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    20 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    12 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    16 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    7 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    8 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    15 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    25 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    325 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    19 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    5 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    7 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    5 left arrow place

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-13900KS CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    1 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    8 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    5 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    12 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    322 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i9-13950HX Intel Core i9-13950HX
Intel Core i9-13900KS Intel Core i9-13900KS
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 13000H left arrow Intel Core i 13000
  • Family
    Intel Core i9 left arrow Intel Core i9
  • Generation
    13 left arrow 13
  • Predecessor
    Intel Core i9-12950HX left arrow Intel Core i9-12900KS
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Desktop / Server
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • A-Core
    8x Raptor Cove left arrow 8x Raptor Cove
  • A-Core Frequency
    2.20 GHz (5.50 GHz) left arrow 3.20 GHz (6.00 GHz)
  • B-Core
    16x Gracemont left arrow 16x Gracemont
  • B-Core Frequency
    1.60 GHz (4.00 GHz) left arrow 2.20 GHz (4.30 GHz)
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • CPU Cores
    24 left arrow 24
  • CPU Threads
    32 left arrow 32
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
IGPU

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

  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    32 left arrow 32
  • Generation
    13 left arrow 11
  • GPU Frequency
    400 MHz left arrow 300 MHz
  • GPU name
    Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 770
  • GPU Turbo
    1650 MHz left arrow 1650 MHz
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    64 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • Release date
    Q1/2023 left arrow Q4/2021
  • Shader
    256 left arrow 256
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow 10 nm
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-13900KS and Intel Core i9-13950HX. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory Bandwidth
    89.6 GB/s left arrow 89.6 GB/s
  • Memory channels
    2 (Dual Channel) left arrow 2 (Dual Channel)
  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200DDR5-5600 left arrow DDR4-3200DDR5-5600
  • PCIe
    5.0 x 20 left arrow 5.0 x 20
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-13950HX and Intel Core i9-13900KS Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    100 °C left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
    55 W left arrow -
  • TDP (PL2)
    157 W left arrow 253 W
  • TDP down
    45 W left arrow -
  • TDP up
    86 W left arrow -
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    - left arrow 150 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-13950HX and Intel Core i9-13900KS, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Raptor Lake H left arrow Raptor Lake S
  • Chip design
    Monolithic left arrow Monolithic
  • Documents
    Technical data sheet left arrow -
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
  • L2-Cache
    32 MB left arrow 32 MB
  • L3-Cache
    36 MB left arrow 36 MB
  • Operating systems
    Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux left arrow Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
  • Release date
    Q1/2023 left arrow Q1/2023
  • Socket
    BGA 1744 left arrow LGA 1700
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 6

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settingsIntel Core i9-13950HX Intel Core i9-13900KSResult difference¹
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows 338.349028 samples/min Submissions: 22 505.291001 samples/min Submissions: 11 +49.3 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows 320.534152 samples/min Submissions: 6 501.885652 samples/min Submissions: 13 +56.6 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows 317.353929 samples/min Submissions: 14 475.468961 samples/min Submissions: 11 +49.8 %
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows 324.935775 samples/min Submissions: 22 495.190602 samples/min Submissions: 19 +52.4 %
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows 240.972801 samples/min Submissions: 14 425.924975 samples/min Submissions: 8 +76.8 %
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows 310.489237 samples/min Submissions: 30 518.577746 samples/min Submissions: 19 +67.0 %

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

Intel Core i9-13950HX

Intel Core i9-13900KS

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 1M / 32 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i9-13900KS 4992.087541 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 1M / 32 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASRock / Z690 Extreme
Duration: 200.317 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

RandomX / XMRig 6.21.1 / 1M / 32 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i9-13950HX 10297.282547 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.21.1 / 1M / 32 threads / windows
System RAM: 64 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: Dell Inc. / 05R4R4
Duration: 97.113 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Core i9-13950HX and Intel Core i9-13900KS.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

2087.000000
Intel Core i9-13950HX
2330.000000
Intel Core i9-13900KS
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

32172.000000
Intel Core i9-13950HX
40975.000000
Intel Core i9-13900KS
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

2108.000000
Intel Core i9-13950HX
2221.000000
Intel Core i9-13900KS
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

19759.000000
Intel Core i9-13950HX
24854.000000
Intel Core i9-13900KS
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

845.000000
Intel Core i9-13950HX
846.000000
Intel Core i9-13900KS

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