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Intel Core i7-13850HX

50,761 Benchmark Score

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Intel Arc A550M

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The Intel Core i7-13850HX paired with the Intel Arc A550M is an all-Intel mobile combination: a 20-core Raptor Lake-HX processor sitting in the 90th percentile of all CPUs, matched with an Alchemist-generation discrete laptop GPU in the 86th percentile. The combined build sits at the 88th percentile, which places it firmly in performance-laptop territory. One caveat applies throughout: no measured FPS rows exist for this exact CPU+GPU pairing in the database — `dataIsMeasured` is false and `measuredFpsUltraByGame` is empty — so every frame-rate statement below is an estimate derived from the benchmark scores, not a recorded measurement.

Gaming Performance

Because the FACT PACK contains no measured FPS data for this combination, all gaming figures here are estimates framed from the benchmark scores rather than direct captures. What the data does establish is the GPU's raw standing: a Geekbench OpenCL score of 49894 and a Vulkan score of 49580, averaging 49737 and landing the Arc A550M in the 86th percentile of all GPUs.

That percentile, cross-referenced against the nearest rivals, is the best available proxy for gaming expectations. The A550M sits within a fraction of a percent of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti (deltaPct -0.4) and the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (deltaPct -0.5) on aggregate score, trails the RX 6900 XT by 2.4 percent, and leads the RX 6800 XT by 2.6 percent. In practice, that cluster suggests the GPU is capable of smooth play at 1080p and, in less demanding titles, higher resolutions — though the 8 GB of GDDR6 and the 128-bit bus mean texture-heavy modern games at ultra settings will press against the memory subsystem.

Ray tracing is supported through 16 RT cores and DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) compliance, so RT effects are available, but enabling them will extract a frame-rate cost that the estimated scores imply the GPU can absorb only partially. The CPU side is essentially never the constraint in gaming here: a single-thread PassMark score of 3769 and a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 4333 indicate feed capacity well beyond what the GPU will consume at 1080p ultra. The honest summary from the data: expect the GPU to set the ceiling in virtually every game, with the i7-13850HX supplying more per-frame logic throughput than the A550M can use.

Upgrade Path and Platform

This is a BGA build, and that single fact shapes the entire upgrade discussion. The Intel Core i7-13850HX uses the Intel BGA 1964 socket — a ball-grid array package soldered to the motherboard — so the CPU cannot be swapped. The same is true of the Arc A550M, which is an integrated-mobile part (slotWidth listed as IGP) on a PCIe 4.0 x16 interface routed within the laptop chassis. There is no discrete-GPU upgrade lane and no suggested PSU figure, because the platform runs entirely from the laptop's internal power delivery.

The TDP figures define the thermal envelope: 55 W for the CPU and 60 W for the GPU. That combined draw is modest by performance-laptop standards and is the reason this pairing can exist in a mobile chassis at all. Headroom, in the desktop sense of swapping a larger PSU, does not apply here.

What a sensible next upgrade looks like is therefore a whole-platform move. The memory support — DDR4 and DDR5 on a dual-channel bus — is already current for this generation, and ECC support is a notable inclusion for a mobile part, relevant to workstation users. PCIe is ahead of the GPU: the CPU exposes Gen 5 with 20 CPU-attached lanes, while the A550M connects over PCIe 4.0 x16. Anyone stepping to a future machine inherits no storage or interface penalty from this platform; the Gen 5 lane budget is generous. The realistic upgrade path is a newer laptop with a stronger discrete GPU, since the GPU is the weaker half of this pairing and the CPU already sits at the 90th percentile.

CPU Analysis

The i7-13850HX is a 20-core, 28-thread Raptor Lake-HX processor built on Intel's 10 nm process, with a 257 mm² die manufactured in-house. The clock structure spans a 2.10 GHz base to a 5.30 GHz boost — an unusually wide range that reflects the hybrid design's ability to run light threads very fast and heavy all-core loads much more conservatively. The multiplier is unlocked, which is rare for a BGA mobile part and gives system integrators (if not end users) tuning latitude.

The cache hierarchy is deep: 80 KB of L1 and 2 MB of L2 per core, plus a shared 30 MB L3. For a mobile chip, that L3 pool is desktop-class and directly benefits the workload categories the benchmark suite measures.

What the scores mean in practice is straightforward. Cinebench R23 multi-core at 30695 places sustained throughput near the top of mobile silicon; single-core at 4333 confirms lightly threaded applications run at effectively flagship speed. The progression across Cinebench versions — 3093 multi / 436 single in R15, 12891 / 1819 in R20, 30695 / 4333 in R23 — is internally consistent, showing no anomalies in scaling. PassMark fills in the workload picture: integer math at 126852 and floating point at 92369 show strong general compute; data compression at 441525 and encryption at 26062 indicate capable memory-and-ALU throughput; extended instructions at 26586 reflect solid vectorized performance; string sorting at 49198 and prime finding at 184 round out the profile. The PassMark multithread score of 36870 against a single-thread score of 3769 shows the chip scaling to nearly tenfold single-thread output across its 28 threads. The average benchmark score of 50761 puts it at the 90th percentile against all CPUs — top-decile territory, earned through multi-core depth rather than any single outlier result.

Balance and Bottleneck

The percentile data tells the balance story in two numbers: CPU at the 90th percentile, GPU at the 86th, combined build at the 88th. The combined figure sitting between the two — and closer to the CPU — indicates a mildly CPU-forward pairing. That is the healthier imbalance to have, because a surplus of CPU capacity is never wasted: it absorbs background tasks, streaming encodes, and compiler runs without stealing frames.

In gaming, the bottleneck is decisively the GPU. The single-thread scores (3769 PassMark, 4333 Cinebench R23) describe a processor that could drive a far faster graphics card; the A550M's 49737 average score and its rival cluster define the frame ceiling. Since no measured FPS data exists for this pairing, the estimate is that GPU-bound behavior holds at every resolution, and becomes more pronounced as settings rise — particularly with ray tracing engaged, where the 16 RT cores carry the added load.

In productivity the polarity reverses. Cinebench R23 multi-core at 30695 and PassMark multithread at 36870 describe compute throughput the GPU cannot meaningfully assist for most creative workloads, though the Geekbench OpenCL score of 49894 shows the A550M is a legitimate compute device for GPU-accelerated filters and encoders when software supports it. Rendering, compiling, and simulation lean on the CPU; 3D viewport work and GPU compute lean on the A550M. Neither component embarrasses the other, but the CPU is the stronger asset.

Usage Scenarios

High-refresh gaming. Estimated from the scores: playable-to-smooth 1080p ultra in most titles, with the 86th-percentile GPU and its tight rival margins (-0.4 to +2.6 percent against the listed cards) defining a mid-high performance band. Competitive esports titles at reduced settings should reach high frame rates given the CPU's 4333 single-core R23 score removes any processor-side limit.

Streaming. The 20-core, 28-thread configuration with a PassMark multithread score of 36870 means encoding and compositing a stream can run alongside the game without materially denting game threads. This is one of the clearest use cases where the CPU surplus pays out.

Video editing. Data compression at 441525, encryption at 26062, and the 30 MB shared L3 support timeline scrubbing, proxy generation, and export work. The OpenCL score of 49894 indicates GPU-accelerated effects and playback are viable. The 8 GB of GPU memory is the limiting factor on heavy GPU-accelerated timelines.

3D rendering. Cinebench R23 multi-core at 30695 is the headline number: long CPU renders complete quickly for a mobile machine. Viewport performance depends on the A550M, whose 8.397 TFLOPS FP32 and 262.4 GTexel/s texture rate are adequate rather than exceptional.

Software development. A single-thread score of 3769 (PassMark) makes editors and interpreters feel instant, while 28 threads parallelize builds, container workloads, and test suites. Extended instructions at 26586 help with vector-heavy toolchains. This is arguably the best-fit scenario in the entire list.

Student and office work. Overkill for documents and browsing, but the ECC memory support, dual-channel DDR5 capability, and top-decile responsiveness make it a durable machine for coursework that grows into compiling, data analysis, or light content creation.

Who Should Build It

The target buyer is a performance-laptop user whose workload weights CPU throughput heavily: software engineers, data analysts, and students in technical fields get the most from the 90th-percentile processor. Gamers who play at 1080p and accept that the GPU — not the chip — sets the ceiling will find the estimated frame rates adequate, with the rival deltas (-0.4 to +2.6 percent) confirming a mainstream-performance GPU tier rather than an ultra-enthusiast one. Content creators doing mixed edit-and-render work benefit from both halves, though pure GPU-rendering artists will feel the 8 GB VRAM ceiling. Small business workstation buyers should note the ECC support, which is rare in this class and relevant for data-integrity-sensitive deployments. Buyers who need maximum GPU performance above all — heavy RT gaming or large-scene 3D — are the ones this pairing serves least well, and the data says so through the GPU's percentile gap relative to the CPU's.

GPU Analysis

The Arc A550M is Intel's Alchemist-generation (Arc 5 Mobile) discrete GPU, built on TSMC's 6 nm process as the DG2-512 chip. The silicon is substantial: 21,700 million transistors on a 406 mm² die, yielding a density of 53.4M per mm². The Xe-HPG architecture deploys 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, 64 ROPs, and 16 RT cores — a full modern feature set with no tensor cores listed.

Clocks run from a 900 MHz base to a 2050 MHz boost, with memory at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective). That memory is 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, delivering 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth — the figure most likely to constrain at ultra settings in modern titles, and a key reason estimated frame rates should be treated conservatively at high texture budgets.

Theoretical rates are respectable: 131.2 GPixel/s pixel fill, 262.4 GTexel/s texture fill, 8.397 TFLOPS FP32, and 16.79 TFLOPS FP16 at a 2:1 rate. API support is complete for the era — DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), Vulkan 1.4, OpenGL 4.6. The 60 W TDP is frugal, which matters in a laptop chassis sharing thermal budget with a 55 W CPU. The GPU is listed as end-of-life, so it represents a fixed, non-upgradable asset. The benchmark picture — 49894 OpenCL, 49580 Vulkan, average 49737, 86th percentile — describes a compute-capable GPU whose rendering output lands mid-high among all GPUs, clustered tightly with cards like the RTX 5070 Ti, RX Vega 64, RX 6900 XT, and RX 6800 XT on aggregate score.

FAQ

Q: Does the database contain measured frame rates for this CPU+GPU combination?

A: No. No measured FPS rows exist for this pairing; all gaming figures discussed are estimates derived from the benchmark scores.

Q: Can the CPU or GPU be upgraded later?

A: No. The CPU uses the soldered Intel BGA 1964 socket and the GPU is a mobile integrated-package part, so both are fixed; the realistic upgrade is a whole new laptop.

Q: How does the i7-13850HX compare to its nearest rivals?

A: Very closely. It leads the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370 by 0.6 percent and the Intel Core i9-13980HX by 0.7 percent, sits 0.1 percent ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT, and trails the Intel Core i9-14900T by 0.5 percent on average score.

Q: How much memory does the GPU have, and is it enough?

A: 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth. It suits 1080p ultra gaming and moderate creative work, but texture-heavy titles at maximum settings will press against it.

Q: What is the power envelope of this build?

A: The CPU is rated at 55 W TDP and the GPU at 60 W — a combined draw that fits comfortably within a performance-laptop thermal design.

Q: Does the platform support ECC memory?

A: Yes, ECC is supported — an unusual feature for a mobile part and relevant for workstation and data-integrity use cases.

Q: Which component limits gaming performance?

A: The GPU. With the CPU at the 90th percentile and single-thread scores of 3769 (PassMark) and 4333 (Cinebench R23), the processor can feed a faster GPU than the 86th-percentile Arc A550M.

Benchmark Performance

The complete CPU scorecard: Cinebench R15 multi 3093 / single 436; Cinebench R20 multi 12891 / single 1819; Cinebench R23 multi 30695 / single 4333. PassMark: multithread 36870, single thread 3769, integer math 126852, floating point 92369, data compression 441525, data encryption 26062, extended instructions 26586, string sorting 49198, prime numbers 184, physics 2483. The average benchmark score is 50761, placing the CPU in the 90th percentile of all CPUs.

The GPU scorecard: Geekbench OpenCL 49894, Geekbench Vulkan 49580, average 49737, 86th percentile among all GPUs.

The combined picture is a build at the 88th percentile. Read against the rival tables, the CPU is in a statistical dead heat with desktop-class and premium-mobile competitors — margins between -0.5 and +0.7 percent — while the GPU holds a similar tight band against its listed rivals at -2.4 to +2.6 percent. Neither component is an outlier; both are consistent upper-tier performers whose scores reinforce each other. The absence of measured FPS data means these aggregate positions, not game-specific numbers, are the strongest evidence available, and they uniformly describe a laptop that computes above its GPU's weight class.

Build Overview

This is a laptop-class build (buildClass: laptop) pairing Intel's Core i7-13850HX — a 20-core, 28-thread Raptor Lake-HX mobile flagship-tier processor released in early 2023 at a launch MSRP of $428 — with Intel's Arc A550M discrete mobile GPU. The all-Intel composition covers compute (CPU at the 90th percentile), graphics (GPU at the 86th percentile), and platform (DDR4/DDR5 with ECC, PCIe Gen 5 with 20 CPU lanes), all within a combined 55 W + 60 W envelope.

Overall tier: the 88th combined percentile defines a high-performance laptop — top-quintile against the full database — with a clear internal character. It is compute-led. The processor delivers desktop-adjacent multi-core throughput and near-flagship single-thread speed, while the graphics subsystem provides solid mid-high mobile performance with modern feature support (ray tracing cores, DirectX 12 Ultimate, Vulkan 1.4). For buyers whose demanding workloads run on the CPU and whose gaming happens at mainstream settings, the data describes a well-matched, genuinely fast machine; for GPU-first buyers, it describes a capable but bounded one. No measured FPS data exists for this exact pairing, so the percentile and score evidence above remains the definitive record.

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