Intel Core i9-13900HK vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 415

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i9-13900HK CPU1 vs CPU2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
Intel Core i9-13900HK Qualcomm Snapdragon 415

CPU comparison

Intel Core i9-13900HK or Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 - 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 i9-13900HK has 14 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.40 GHz. Up to 96 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-13900HK was released in Q1/2023.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 was released in Q1/2015.
Intel Core i9 (78) Family Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)
Intel Core i 13000H (26) CPU group Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 (4)
13 Generation 2
Raptor Lake H Architecture Cortex-A53
Mobile Segment Mobile
Intel Core i9-12900HK Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-13900HK is a 14 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (5.40 GHz). The Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.40 GHz.

Intel Core i9-13900HK Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
14 Cores 8
20 Threads 8
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.60 GHz (5.40 GHz)
6x Raptor Cove
A-Core 1.40 GHz
8x Cortex-A53
1.90 GHz (4.10 GHz)
8x Gracemont
B-Core --

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 i9-13900HK Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
-- AI hardware Qualcomm AI engine
-- AI specifications Hexagon V50

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) GPU Qualcomm Adreno 405
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.55 GHz
1.50 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.55 GHz
13 GPU Generation 4
10 nm Technology 28 nm
4 Max. displays 0
96 Compute units --
768 Shader 48
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12.1 DirectX Version 11

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 Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) GPU Qualcomm Adreno 405
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i9-13900HK supports a maximum of 96 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 can connect up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels.

Intel Core i9-13900HK Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-5200, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR3-1333
96 GB Max. Memory 4 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
102.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 5.4 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
24.00 MB L3 Cache --
5.0 PCIe version --
20 PCIe lanes --
78.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i9-13900HK has a TDP of 45 W, that of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 is --.

Intel Core i9-13900HK Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
115 W TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
35 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-13900HK has a 24.00 MB cache, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.

Intel Core i9-13900HK Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
10 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ ISA extensions --
BGA 1744 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q1/2023 Release date Q1/2015
700 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i9-13900HK (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 (5%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i9-13900HK (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 (2%)

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 i9-13900HK Intel Core i9-13900HK
14C 20T @ 5.40 GHz
1921 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
8C 8T @ 1.40 GHz
100 (5%)

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 i9-13900HK Intel Core i9-13900HK
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
14712 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
8C 8T @ 1.40 GHz
329 (2%)

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 i9-13900HK Intel Core i9-13900HK
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.50 GHz
2230 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
Qualcomm Adreno 405 @ 0.55 GHz
53 (2%)

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 i9-13900HK Intel Core i9-13900HK
14C 20T @ 5.40 GHz
115 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
8C 8T @ 1.40 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 i9-13900HK Intel Core i9-13900HK
14C 20T @ 5.40 GHz
987 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
8C 8T @ 1.40 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 i9-13900HK Intel Core i9-13900HK
14C 20T @ 5.40 GHz
2629 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
8C 8T @ 1.40 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 i9-13900HK Intel Core i9-13900HK
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
13629 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
8C 8T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i9-13900HK Qualcomm Snapdragon 415
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