Intel’s ultra-fast Intel Core i9-13980HX Raptor Lake-HX CPU has been spotted that will power some of the fastest next-gen gaming laptops.
ASUS prepares for next generation ROG STRIX laptop with ultra-fast Intel Core i9-13980HX Raptor Lake-HX Flagship CPU
Just a few days ago, we reported exclusively that Intel was working on a Core i9-13980HX CPU that aims to be the fastest laptop chip on the planet when it launches. Now an ASUS laptop featuring the chip is likely to appear in Geekbench 5’s database but before we take a look at that, let’s talk about the specs of this insane chip.
The Intel Core i9-13980HX Raptor Lake-HX CPU is designed to have 8 P-Cores based on Raptor Cove and 16 E-Cores based on the Gracemont architecture. The full configuration has 24 cores and 32 threads and is the same as the desktop Core i9-13900K. The CPU comes with the same 36MB L3 cache and has a maximum frequency of 5.6GHz which is 600MHz faster than the Core i9-12950HX / Core i9-12900HX CPUs. The CPU will be one of several Raptor Lake-HX/H/P options launching at CES 2023.
Coming to a Geekbench 5 leak, the CPU can be seen working inside the ASUS ‘ROG Strix G634JZ’ laptop which also features 64GB of DDR5 memory. Now the rest of the specs are unknown but the power plan is set to ‘Turbo’. In terms of performance, the CPU scored 1,970 points in the single-core and 20,826 points in the multi-core tests. This is somewhat similar to the result for the 13900HX CPU we covered just a few days ago. This kind of performance puts laptops on par with modern CPUs like the Core i7-13700K or Ryzen 9 7900X.
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However, the result seems a bit disappointing because the 13980HX should offer better performance than the 13900HX due to its 200MHz higher clock speed. One possibility is that the ASUS ROG STRIX laptop does not comply with the Core i9-13980HX’s thermal design and could be thermally throttled. The second possibility is that we’re looking at lagging performance due to the power limits of this particular laptop.
score less than 13900HX.
I checked the clocks and ok it barely gets above 5.2GHz which means the ASUS design is either power limited or thermally throttled.
The 13980HX should boost up to 5.6 on a properly designed laptop. https://t.co/OfpBbn9FuP pic.twitter.com/wBjMlzApsj
– Hassan Mojtaba (@ hms1193) December 22, 2022
This can also be an engineering model or prototype of a laptop that is not intended for retail use. In any case, we know that cooling the Core i9-13980HX will be a difficult task for laptop makers to work with and laptops are known to be severely limited in terms of power versus desktop offerings. This also wouldn’t be the first time that a higher-level chip has acted similarly to a lower-level chip due to thermal throttling.
Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake Mobility CPU Kit:
| CPU name | Process/architecture | family | cores/threads | base clock | clock increase | GPU cores | TDP (PL1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core i9-13980HX | Intel 10 / Raptor Lake | RPL-HX | 24 (8 + 16) | to be announced later on | 5.6 GHz | 32 EU | 55 watts |
| Core i9-13900HX | Intel 10 / Raptor Lake | RPL-HX | 24 (8 + 16) | 3.9 GHz | 5.4 GHz | 32 EU | 55 watts |
| Core i7-13700HX | Intel 10 / Raptor Lake | RPL-HX | 16 (8 + 8) | 3.7 GHz | 5.0 GHz | 32 EU | 55 watts |
| Core i5-13650HX | Intel 10 / Raptor Lake | RPL-HX | 14 (6 + 8) | 3.6 GHz | 4.9 GHz | 32 EU | 55 watts |
| Core i5-13500HX | Intel 10 / Raptor Lake | RPL-HX | 14 (6 + 8) | 3.5 GHz | 4.7 GHz | 32 EU | 55 watts |
| Core i3-13450HX | Intel 10 / Raptor Lake | RPL-HX | 10 (6 + 4) | 3.4 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 32 EU | 55 watts |
| Core i9-13900HK | Intel 10 / Raptor Lake | RPL-H | 14 (6 + 8) | to be announced later on | 5.4 GHz | 96 EU | 45 watts |
| Core i7-13700H | Intel 10 / Raptor Lake | RPL-H | 14 (6 + 8) | to be announced later on | 5.0 GHz | 96 EU | 45 watts |
| Core i7-13620H | Intel 10 / Raptor Lake | RPL-H | 10 (6 + 4) | to be announced later on | 4.9 GHz | to be announced later on | 45 watts |
| Core i5-13500H | Intel 10 / Raptor Lake | RPL-H | 10 (6 + 4) | to be announced later on | 4.7 GHz | to be announced later on | 45 watts |
| Core i5-13420H | Intel 10 / Raptor Lake | RPL-H | 8 (4 + 4) | to be announced later on | 4.6 GHz | to be announced later on | 45 watts |
| Core i7-1370P | Intel 10 / Raptor Lake | RPL-P | 14/20 | 1.9 GHz | 5.0 GHz | to be announced later on | 28 watts |
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