Inevitably, with 24 cores and 32 threads, the flagship of the Raptor Lake mobile range outperforms many desktop chips in the multi-core test.
At CES 2023, Intel formalized new processors of 13e generation: the Raptor Lake desktop at 35 and 65 W of PBP (Processor Base Power) as well as the Raptor Lake mobile processors. The Core i9-13980HX, armed with 8 P-cores and 16 E-cores, is the flagship of this latest series. This is an unprecedented configuration on the mobile platform for the moment. Indeed, the flagship of the 12e generation, the Core i9-12950HX, has 16 cores and 24 threads. This increase in the number of CPU cores, combined with higher frequencies (up to 5.6 GHz, compared to 5 for the Alder Lake), should logically boost performance. A first look at an MSI laptop, in this case the GE78 Raider, shows this.
More than 30,000 points in multicore for a mobile chip, never before seen
Chain Jarrod’s Tech was able to test this machine, whose marketing is scheduled for February 8, as well as the Titan GT77. Some results are still under embargo, but Cinebench R23 scores are not. Both PCs have a Core i9-13980HX and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card. They benefit from MSI’s Overboost function, which guarantees a good supply of power to the CPU.
It’s the GE78 Raider that was submitted to Cinebench R23. Its processor scored 2,135 points in the single-core test, and importantly, 30,498 points in the multi-core test.
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The multi-threaded score is excellent, the best for a mobile processor to date. For comparison, the Core i9-12900HX and Core i9-12950HX average around 23,000 points. AMD’s Ryzen 9 6900HX (8 cores and 16 threads) caps out at 15,000 points.
A desktop processor like the Core i9-129000K (16 cores and 24 threads) averages around 27,500 points. Finally, be aware that the Intel Core i9-13900K, which has the same number of cores as the Core i9-13980HX, but has a PBP of 125 W and an MTB of 253 W (compared to 55 and 157 W respectively for the chip mobile), scores just over 39,000 points.
Naturally, the very good result in the multicore test of the Core i9-13980HX compared to its ancestor can be explained quite prosaically by its greater quantity of CPU cores. It will be especially interesting to see if the best mobile Ryzen 7000s manage to defeat it. With its Zen 4 generation, AMD will indeed double the maximum number of CPU cores for mobile chips, without however catching up with Intel. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7945HX will offer 16 cores and 32 threads.
Source : TechSpot
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