As before, Intel’s new mobile processor family comes in four forms: HX, H, P, and U, ordered from highest to lowest in terms of power and performance goals, but of course depending on the implementation. it’s different. The new Intel Core Mobile series runs the gamut from thin and light laptops to large, rugged desktop replacement gaming laptops.
Introducing the Intel 13th Generation Core Mobile Family
First, let’s look at the processor itself. The big news here is of course the new HX series processors. Intel says its 13th Gen Core HX platform is “built for enthusiasts and professionals” and we can certainly see why. The company hasn’t explicitly confirmed this, but like the 12th Gen Core HX processors, his Raptor Lake CPUs on the top end are apparently basically the same silicon as the faster desktop 13th Gen processors. Built on top.
On the absolute top end, that means 8 Raptor Cove performance cores, 16 Gracemont efficiency cores and clock rates as high as 5.6 GHz on the flagship Core i9-13980HX. Like desktop chips, these processors require his PCH (or “chipset”) out of the package and are intended to be paired with discrete GPUs, so the relatively modest 32 EU integrated graphics Included.
Interestingly, some models of the new generation actually have slightly lower base clocks and could still stay within the same 55W power budget as the previous generation despite the presence of the additional CPU cores. I have. However, the boost clock is up by up to 600 MHz and so is the memory clock, with his top SKU supporting fast DDR5-5600 RAM. All models are also fully unlocked for overclocking. This is another change from Intel’s previous generation, where vPro-enabled chips locked down core clocks.
Meanwhile, Intel’s 13th Generation Core Mobile U, P, and H processors use two different dice. Same 8 E-cores. If these configurations sound familiar, it’s because they are essentially (not literally) updated Alder Lake mobile processors. I say “essentially” because it’s not just reheated leftovers. Intel has done some work to refresh the recipe.
The most noticeable change in the H-series processors is the overall shift in clock rates. It is generally tuned around 300-400 MHz for CPU cores and 50-100 MHz for GPUs. As before, these processors feature much more powerful integrated graphics than his HX series processors. The 96-EU Iris Xe found in most models has a little more horsepower.
Aiding graphics performance on the 13th Gen CPUs is another frequency bump, this time to the memory clock. With BGA LPDDR5 memory, most 13th Generation Core H-series processors can run up to 6400 MT/s of RAM. This gives a final memory bandwidth of over 102 GB/s, which is surprisingly faster than modern discrete GPUs. Intel doesn’t use the Arc branding on these integrated GPUs, but it looks like they will use Arc Control software.
Moving down the stack from a power limit standpoint, we have the core P-series. Focused on offering mid-power options between 15W ULV processors and his 45W or 55W high-end processors, the concept of this family isn’t exactly new, but it’s been built into its own product family in previous generations. I was. The latest version of the core P-series has the same updates as the H-series above.
So basically it’s the same CPU with a little polish to keep it shiny. The last-generation Core i7-1280P has moved to the Core i7-1370P despite a 300-400 MHz turbo frequency and a 100 MHz increase in base and graphics frequencies. The previous 1270P is out of place to become a Core i7-1360P and gets the same upgrade. The Core i5-P model, on the other hand, remains virtually unchanged other than an additional clock rate, leaving the Core i3-1220P completely gone.
For the smallest 13th Gen CPU, we’re looking at 9 processors, but only 8 of them use the ‘Core’ brand. The 2 Core i7, 3 Core i5 and 2 Core i3 are all based on the smaller 2P+8e die. All Core i7s and all Core i5s retain all 10 cores, but the Core i3-1315U loses half of its E cores and the Core i3-1305U loses one of its P cores. Also, the Core i3 SKU is missing much of the graphics, dropping to 64 EUs.
As expected, perhaps thanks to process improvements, all of these chips will clock higher than their previous-generation counterparts, even if only 100 MHz in the case of the Core i3s. The Core i5s picks up 200 or 300 MHz and the top model gets a whopping 400 MHz maximum turbo frequency, putting its peak at 5.2 GHz. However, it is highly unlikely that the processor will sustain that frequency for long with the maximum 55W turbo power.
Intel has discontinued the Pentium and Celeron brands since the release of the previous generation Core mobile chips, so the pared-down form of the Raptor Lake mobile is known as the ‘Intel Processor U300’. It is very closely related to last year’s Pentium 8505 and uses the same parts with the same configuration down to the clock rate. Thankfully, Intel isn’t shipping a CPU without Turbo Boost at this time.
Intel 13th Gen Core Mobile Performance Claim Details
Unsurprisingly, Intel has some slides promising strong performance gains, mostly in productivity apps. For Raptor Lake HX processors 8 additional E cores giving a solid bump to the multicore grunt like in these Blender benchmarks where the core i9-13950HX is nearly 80% better than the last gen heavily dependent on Equivalent.
The Autodesk and Adobe suites are modest in their progress, but still nothing to sniff out for sure. These are the kinds of tasks that I would normally recommend users do on a desktop machine, but since this is essentially a desktop processor, the laptop is properly cooled (and plugged in). If so, the Core i9-13950HX will crush them. task.
Additional L2 cache and a bump to the turbo clock will also benefit the system’s gaming performance. The gains aren’t nearly as great as the desktop Raptor Lake, but these chips aren’t even capable of using infinite power to clock all the way up.
Intel also touts improved performance for its 12th Gen Core ‘H’ series processors, but that’s really just one benchmark. This page compares the Core i9-13900HK against the Core i9-12900H and his two competitors in the competition and scores 10~10 to their own last generation parts in his three categories on BAPCo CrossMark 11% profit.
Intel Evo Laptop Evolution Continues
Finally, Intel’s Project Athena evolved into what the company calls “Evo.” It’s essentially a platform marketing program, similar to the company’s “Ultrabook” and “Centrino” initiatives over the past few years. Intel Evo laptops integrate a great many specific features with the intention that Evo laptops provide a baseline set of features, performance and user experience. The image above gives an accurate overview of these features at the moment, according to Intel, with over 100 designs for his Evo from over 15 OEMs in the works.
In addition to the Evo platform system, Intel says there will be “60+” designs based on desktop-class Core HX processors and “250+” designs with 13th generation H, P, and U processors. says. -series CPU. Laptop designs based on the new 13th Generation Core CPUs are expected to be available soon this quarter.
