Intel Core i9-13900 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2

Last updated: 2024-03-11

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i9-13900		Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
CPU comparison Intel Core i9-13900 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Core i9-13900 has 24 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.60 GHz. Up to 192 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-13900 was released in Q1/2023. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.15 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 was released in Q4/2018.

Intel Core i9 (78)	Family	Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)
Intel Core i 13000 (17)	CPU group	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx (2)
13	Generation	2
Raptor Lake S	Architecture	Kryo 495
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
Intel Core i9-12900	Predecessor	--
Intel Core i9-14900	Successor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i9-13900 has 24 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-13900 is 2.00 GHz (5.60 GHz) while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 is at 3.15 GHz.
Intel Core i9-13900	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
24	Cores	8
32	Threads	8
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.00 GHz (5.60 GHz) 8x Raptor Cove	A-Core	3.15 GHz 4x Kryo 495 Gold
1.50 GHz (4.20 GHz) 16x Gracemont	B-Core	1.80 GHz 4x Kryo 495 Silver
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core i9-13900	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
--	AI hardware	Qualcomm AI engine
--	AI specifications	Hexagon 690 @ 7 TOPS

Internal Graphics The Intel Core i9-13900 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
Intel UHD Graphics 770	GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 690
0.30 GHz	GPU frequency	0.25 GHz
1.65 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	0.59 GHz
11	GPU Generation	6
10 nm	Technology	7 nm
3	Max. displays	0
32	Compute units	--
256	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
64 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	12.0

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Intel UHD Graphics 770	GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 690
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i9-13900 can use up to 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 89.6 GB/s. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 supports up to 32 GB of memory in 8 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 68.2 GB/s.
Intel Core i9-13900	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200	Memory	LPDDR4X-4266
192 GB	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	8 (Octa Channel)
89.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	68.2 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
32.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
36.00 MB	L3 Cache	2.00 MB
5.0	PCIe version	--
20	PCIe lanes	--
78.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	--
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i9-13900 is 65 W, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 has a TDP of 7 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Core i9-13900	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	7 W
219 W	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Core i9-13900 is manufactured in 10 nm and has 68.00 MB cache. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.
Intel Core i9-13900	Characteristic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
10 nm	Technology	7 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	ISA extensions	--
LGA 1700	Socket	--
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	None
Yes	AES-NI	No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Android, Windows 10 (ARM)
Q1/2023	Release date	Q4/2018
549 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i9-13900 (100%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 (36%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i9-13900 (100%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 (15%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i9-13900 24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz	2130 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	760 (36%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i9-13900 24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz	19422 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	2855 (15%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i9-13900 24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz	121 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i9-13900 24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz	1622 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i9-13900 24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz	2165 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i9-13900 24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz	32605 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i9-13900 24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz	2876 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i9-13900 24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz	19752 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i9-13900 24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz	872 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i9-13900 24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz	12375 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Core i9-13900 Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.65 GHz	846 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 Qualcomm Adreno 690 @ 0.59 GHz	0 (0%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i9-13900 24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz	53780 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i9-13900 24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz	881 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i9-13900 24C 32T @ 2.00 GHz	10062 (100%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	0 (0%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).


	Intel Core i9-13900 24C 32T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz	7 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Core i9-13900	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2
Unknown	Lenovo Flex 5G Lenovo Yoga C 5G Samsung Galaxy Book S

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