Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Intel Core i9-13900KS

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i9-13900KS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Intel Core i9-13900KS

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 or Intel Core i9-13900KS - 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.36 GHz. Up to 24 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 was released in Q4/2022.

The Intel Core i9-13900KS has 24 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 6.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-13900KS was released in Q1/2023.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) Family Intel Core i9 (78)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (2) CPU group Intel Core i 13000 (17)
2 Generation 13
Cortex-X3 / -A715 / -A510 Architecture Raptor Lake S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Predecessor Intel Core i9-12900KS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Successor Intel Core i9-14900KS

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is 3.36 GHz while the Intel Core i9-13900KS has 24 CPU cores and 32 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-13900KS is at 3.20 GHz (6.00 GHz).

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Characteristic Intel Core i9-13900KS
8 Cores 24
8 Threads 32
hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? Yes
3.36 GHz
1x Cortex-X3
A-Core 3.20 GHz (6.00 GHz)
8x Raptor Cove
2.80 GHz
4x Cortex-A715/A710
B-Core 2.40 GHz (4.30 GHz)
16x Gracemont
2.00 GHz
3x Cortex-A510
C-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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Characteristic Intel Core i9-13900KS
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon 780 @ 26 TOPS AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 or Intel Core i9-13900KS 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.

Qualcomm Adreno 740 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
0.68 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.65 GHz
8 GPU Generation 11
4 nm Technology 10 nm
2 Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 32
-- Shader 256
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
6 GB Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
12.1 DirectX Version 12

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 740 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
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 / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec AV1 Decode
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 can use up to 24 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 67.0 GB/s. The Intel Core i9-13900KS supports up to 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 89.6 GB/s.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Characteristic Intel Core i9-13900KS
LPDDR5X-8400 Memory DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200
24 GB Max. Memory 192 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
67.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 32.00 MB
8.00 MB L3 Cache 36.00 MB
-- PCIe version 5.0
-- PCIe lanes 20
-- PCIe Bandwidth 78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is --, while the Intel Core i9-13900KS has a TDP of 150 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Characteristic Intel Core i9-13900KS
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 150 W
-- TDP (PL2) 253 W
-- TDP up 320 W
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is manufactured in 4 nm and has 8.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i9-13900KS is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 68.00 MB cache.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Characteristic Intel Core i9-13900KS
4 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv9-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
-- Socket LGA 1700
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android, Windows 10/11 (ARM) Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2022 Release date Q1/2023
-- Release price 699 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz
1502 (68%)
Intel Core i9-13900KS Intel Core i9-13900KS
24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz
2221 (100%)

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz
5089 (20%)
Intel Core i9-13900KS Intel Core i9-13900KS
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
24854 (100%)

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 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz
1985 (66%)
Intel Core i9-13900KS Intel Core i9-13900KS
24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz
2997 (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 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz
5315 (25%)
Intel Core i9-13900KS Intel Core i9-13900KS
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
20947 (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 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm Adreno 740 @ 0.68 GHz
1740 (100%)
Intel Core i9-13900KS Intel Core i9-13900KS
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.65 GHz
846 (49%)

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-13900KS Intel Core i9-13900KS
24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz
137 (100%)

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-13900KS Intel Core i9-13900KS
24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz
2158 (100%)

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-13900KS Intel Core i9-13900KS
24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz
2317 (100%)

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-13900KS Intel Core i9-13900KS
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
40837 (100%)

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-13900KS Intel Core i9-13900KS
24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz
902 (100%)

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-13900KS Intel Core i9-13900KS
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
15432 (100%)

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 9 benchmark is very well suited to measuring the performance of a smartphone. AnTuTu 9 is quite heavy on 3D graphics and can now also use the "Metal" graphics interface. In AnTuTu, memory and UX (user experience) are also tested by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu version 9 can compare any ARM CPU running on Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly comparable when benchmarked on different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 9 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The rating is made up of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the working memory, and the performance of the internal graphics.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz
1281650 (100%)
Intel Core i9-13900KS Intel Core i9-13900KS
24C 32T @ 3.20 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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-13900KS Intel Core i9-13900KS
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
62340 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-13900KS Intel Core i9-13900KS
24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz
338 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-13900KS Intel Core i9-13900KS
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
6220 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3.36 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-13900KS Intel Core i9-13900KS
40,837 CB R23 MC @ 257 W
159 (100%)

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).
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz
26 (100%)
Intel Core i9-13900KS Intel Core i9-13900KS
24C 32T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Intel Core i9-13900KS
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