Intel’s Core i9-13900K Leads Single-Thread Efficiency Rankings

Intel has but to formally announce and begin shipments of its unlocked Core i9-13900K ‘Raptor Lake’ processor, however a few of its artificial benchmark outcomes have already been revealed. The flagship CPU already tops PassMark’s single-thread rankings, beating predecessors and processors from AMD and Apple (as seen by @Tum_Apisak). 

Intel’s Core i9-13900K processor has eight high-performance cores working at 3.0 GHz base clock and 16 energy-efficient working at 2.20 GHz base frequency. Nevertheless, when most single-thread efficiency is required, it activates Thermal Velocity Enhance and skyrockets high-performance cores to a formidable 5.80 GHz (at 241W). The CPU scores 4,883 factors in PassMark’s single-thread efficiency benchmark, which is 471 factors greater than Intel’s Core i9-12900KS.

In actual fact, Intel’s twelfth Era Core i7 and Core i9 ‘Alder Lake’ processors have led PassMark single-thread CPU efficiency rankings for some time now. Largely due to excessive clocks and excessive IPC execution, these processors dethroned Apple’s M1 system-on-chip that topped this benchmark all through 2021.  

But, Apple’s single-thread effectivity speaks for itself: in a bid to beat Apple’s M2 processor (as much as 3.50 GHz at 22W ~ 30W), Intel’s Core i9-13900K (as much as 5.80 GHz at 241W) needed to work at a 65% greater frequency whereas consuming nearly an order of magnitude extra energy. After all, Intel’s new flagship CPU has 24 (8P+16E) cores and might course of as much as 32 threads per clock, beating all of Apple’s choices in artificial benchmarks.

In the meantime, Intel’s yet-to-be-released Core i9-13900K will not be one of the best high-end CPU in PassMark’s normal CPU benchmark that takes under consideration each single-thread and multi-thread efficiency. AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper processors clearly lead the sport right here. For now, the Core i9-13900K leaves behind AMD’s previous-generation Ryzen 9 5950X by a cushty margin. Nevertheless, in just a few days, AMD’s next-generation Ryzen 9 7950X enters the sector, and we’re desperate to see whether or not it beats Intel’s providing.