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Intel Core i9-13980HX
Desktop Raptor Lake silicon in a laptop package: 24 cores and 5.6GHz made this the fastest mobile x86 of 2023, and it still embarrasses newer midrange chips — if the chassis can feed its 157W appetite.
Pros
- 24 cores crushed every 2023 mobile rival
- 5.6GHz peak clock led its generation
- Supports 128GB RAM and broad PCIe connectivity
- Overclockable on enthusiast HX platforms
Cons
- Up to 157W demands a thick chassis
- Intel 7 process badly trails 5nm rivals in efficiency
- No NPU
- Throttles hard in slim designs
Good
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core i9-13980HX
General
- Announced
- 2023
- Process
- 10 nm
- Base TDP
- 55 W
- Max TDP
- 157 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 24
- Performance cores
- 8
- Efficiency cores
- 16
- Threads
- 32
- Base clock
- 2.2 GHz
- Boost clock
- 5.6 GHz
- L3 cache
- 36 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel UHD Graphics
- iGPU clock
- 1,650 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- DDR5-5600 / DDR4-3200
- Max memory
- 128 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,810Top 31%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 16,700Top 20%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 2,120Top 13%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 28,900Top 9%
- PassMark
- 45,279Top 9%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 744Bottom 27%
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core i9-13980HX good in 2026?
The Intel Core i9-13980HX earns an Inno Score of 61.6/100 (“Good”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Desktop Raptor Lake silicon in a laptop package: 24 cores and 5.6GHz made this the fastest mobile x86 of 2023, and it still embarrasses newer midrange chips — if the chassis can feed its 157W appetite.
Does the Intel Core i9-13980HX count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 45,279 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 2026), which puts it in Tier A of our CPU tier checker: current Core i7 H / Core Ultra 7 / Ryzen 7 class and above. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core i9-13980HX?
Cores: 24 · Threads: 32 · Boost clock: 5.6 GHz · Base TDP: 55 W
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core i9-13980HX?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Ryzen AI 7 450, AMD Ryzen AI 7 350, Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
