Core i9-13980HX: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregated performance score

Core i9-13980HX
2023
24 cores / 32 threads
30.72

It provides good benchmark performance at 30.72% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

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Summary

Intel started Core i9-13980HX sales 4 January 2023. This is a Raptor Lake-HX architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 24 cores and 32 threads, and is based on Intel 7 manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 5500 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA1964 processor with a TDP of 55 Watt and a maximum temperature of 72 °C. It supports DDR4, DDR5 memory.

General info

Core i9-13980HX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking116
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
SeriesIntel Raptor Lake-HX
Architecture codenameRaptor Lake-HX
Release date4 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads32
Base clock speed2.2 GHzof 4.7 (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed5.5 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache80K (per core)of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache2 MB (per core)of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
L3 cache36 MB (shared)of 768 (EPYC 7773X)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size257 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cof 110 (Core Ultra 7 165H)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cof 105 (Core i7-5950HQ)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+
Unlocked multiplierNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i9-13980HX compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8160M)
SocketFCBGA1964
Power consumption (TDP)55 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i9-13980HX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI+
FMA+
AVX+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Speed Shift+
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Thermal Monitoring+
Flex Memory Access+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0+
StatusLaunched

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
Secure Key+
OS Guard+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i9-13980HX's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size192 GBof 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth89.6 GB/sof 460.8 (EPYC 9654)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core i9-13980HX.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® UHD Graphics for 13th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video+
Graphics max frequency1.65 GHz
Execution Units32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i9-13980HX's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i9-13980HX's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i9-13980HX's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.1
OpenGL4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes20of 128 (EPYC 9654)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i9-13980HX. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i9-13980HX 30.72

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i9-13980HX 47503

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

i9-13980HX 11940

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i9-13980HX 85088

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i9-13980HX 19734

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

i9-13980HX 56

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i9-13980HX 4717

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i9-13980HX 305

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

i9-13980HX 3.73

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i9-13980HX 18.4

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i9-13980HX 11438

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i9-13980HX 374

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i9-13980HX 198

Gaming performance

Relative performance

Overall Core i9-13980HX performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook CPUs.


Core i9-13980HX 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i9-13980HX is Ryzen 9 7845HX, which is slower by 3% and lower by 14 positions in our ranking.

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Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core i9-13980HX:

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Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for Core i9-13980HX, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for Core i9-13980HX in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 2615 configurations based on Core i9-13980HX in our database.

RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 4090
28.2% (737/2615)
RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 4080
4.4% (115/2615)
RTX 4070 Ti GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
2.1% (54/2615)
RX 7900 XTX Radeon RX 7900 XTX
0.2% (5/2615)
RTX 3090 Ti GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
0.6% (15/2615)
RX 7900 XT Radeon RX 7900 XT
0.08% (2/2615)
RTX 3080 Ti GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
0.4% (10/2615)

User Ratings

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