Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 vs Intel Core i9-13905H

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i9-13905H
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Intel Core i9-13905H

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 and the Intel Core i9-13905H and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 8 core processor released in Q2/2023 with the Intel Core i9-13905H which has 14 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2023.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (104) Family Intel Core i9 (78)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (1) CPU group Intel Core i 13000H (26)
2 Generation 13
Kryo Gold / Kryo Silver Architecture Raptor Lake H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz. The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i9-13905H clocks with 2.60 GHz (5.40 GHz), has 14 CPU cores and can calculate 20 threads in parallel.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Characteristic Intel Core i9-13905H
8 Cores 14
8 Threads 20
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz
2x Cortex-A78		 A-Core 2.60 GHz (5.40 GHz)
6x Raptor Cove
2.00 GHz
6x Cortex-A55		 B-Core 1.90 GHz (4.10 GHz)
8x Gracemont

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Characteristic Intel Core i9-13905H
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.
Qualcomm Adreno 613 GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
0.96 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
0.96 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.50 GHz
-- GPU Generation 13
Technology 10 nm
2 Max. displays 4
-- Compute units 96
-- Shader 768
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12.1 DirectX Version 12.1

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.
Qualcomm Adreno 613 GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2, while the Intel Core i9-13905H supports a maximum of 96 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 102.4 GB/s enabled.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Characteristic Intel Core i9-13905H
LPDDR4X-4266, LPDDR5-6400 Memory LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-5200, DDR4-3200
Max. Memory 96 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 24.00 MB
-- PCIe version 5.0
-- PCIe lanes 20
-- PCIe Bandwidth 78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Core i9-13905H is 45 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Characteristic Intel Core i9-13905H
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) 115 W
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 35 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 4 nm. The cache of Intel Core i9-13905H is at 24.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 10 nm.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Characteristic Intel Core i9-13905H
4 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
-- Socket BGA 1744
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android, Windows 10 (ARM) Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2023 Release date Q1/2023
-- Release price 700 $
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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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-13905H Intel Core i9-13905H
14C 20T @ 5.40 GHz
2528 (100%)

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-13905H Intel Core i9-13905H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
13634 (100%)

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
Qualcomm Adreno 613 @ 0.96 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-13905H Intel Core i9-13905H
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.50 GHz
2230 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Intel Core i9-13905H
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