Intel introduced 16 new Raptor Lake CPUs spanning its 65W mainstream PC chips and 35W “T-Collection” classes in the present day, broadening its roster of Thirteenth-Gen processors that presently dominate our record of Finest CPUs for gaming and our CPU benchmark hierarchy. The brand new chips lengthen from the Core i3 to high-end Core i9 households and include extra cores and better frequencies together with greater gen-on-gen pricing, mirroring the worth will increase we seen final evening with Intel’s Twelfth-gen chips. Additionally they have considerably elevated peak energy consumption in comparison with their predecessors.
In lots of respects, Raptor Lake is an iteration of the microarchitectures discovered within the previous-gen Alder Lake chips, however with expansive enhancements that yield spectacular efficiency beneficial properties. Despite the fact that Intel nonetheless makes use of the ‘Intel 7’ course of node, it leverages advances in a more recent revision of the silicon to push clock speeds greater whereas enhancing energy effectivity. Intel additionally etches the cores on a brand new, bigger die with extra cores and L3 cache and exposes beforehand unused L2 cache. These enhancements have given Raptor Lake a tangible efficiency lead over AMD’s competing Ryzen 7000 chips.
Most of Intel’s new Thirteenth-gen processors introduced in the present day include the identical Raptor Cove structure because the flagship fashions that launched final 12 months, however among the Core i5 and the lone Core i3 mannequin reportedly include the identical die and structure used for the Twelfth-Gen Alder Lake CPUs, albeit bulked up with extra beneficiant core counts and/or greater clock charges to allow greater ranges of efficiency.
As we noticed with the launch of the unlocked full-power Okay-series chips final 12 months, Intel has additionally considerably dialed up its peak energy consumption to maintain the efficiency edge over AMD’s competing Ryzen 7000 processors. So, whereas Intel’s new chips slot into the normal 35W and 65W envelopes that the corporate makes use of for its budget-geared lineup, they devour extra energy and can generate extra warmth than their predecessors.
New B760 motherboards will accompany the 65W Raptor Lake chips to market, however they don’t carry many significant enhancements over the prior-gen B660 lineup. Raptor Lake nonetheless maintains backward compatibility with current 600-series motherboards, offering a price path that can mesh effectively with the lower-end processors (be sure to have the fitting BIOS).
Intel has additionally preserved help for DDR4 reminiscence, a key cost-saving measure that provides the corporate a giant benefit over AMD’s dear DDR5-only platforms, whereas additionally providing help for DDR5 reminiscence. Nonetheless, Intel has dropped peak DDR5 speeds down a notch on its lower-end fashions.
Intel Thirteenth-Gen 65W Raptor Lake Specs and Pricing
| Row 0 – Cell 0 | Avenue/MSRP | Cores / Threads (P+E) | P-Core Base / Enhance Clock (GHz) | E-Core Base / Enhance Clock (GHz) | Cache (L2/L3) | TDP / PBP / MTP | Reminiscence |
| Core i9-13900K / KF | $589 (Okay) – $564 (KF) | 24 / 32 (8+16) | 3.0 / 5.8 | 2.2 / 4.3 | 68MB (32+36) | 125W / 253W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-5600 |
| Core i9-13900 / F | $549 – $529 (F) | 24 / 32 (8+16) | 2.0 / 5.6 | 1.5 / 4.2 | 68MB (32+36) | 65W / 219W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-5600 |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | $569 ($699) | 16 / 32 | 4.5 / 5.7 | – | 80MB (16+64) | 170W / 230W | DDR5-5200 |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | $474 ($549) | 12 / 24 | 4.7 / 5.6 | – | 76MB (12+64) | 170W / 230W | DDR5-5200 |
| Core i7-13700K / KF | $409 (Okay) – $384 (KF) | 16 / 24 (8+8) | 3.4 / 5.4 | 2.5 / 4.2 | 54MB (24+30) | 125W / 253W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-5600 |
| Core i7-13700 / F | $384 – $359 (F) | 16 / 24 (8+8) | 2.1 / 5.2 | 1.5 / 4.1 | 54MB (24+30) | 65W / 219W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-5600 |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | $349 ($399) | 8 / 16 | 4.5 / 5.4 | – | 40MB (8+32) | 105W / 142W | DDR5-5200 |
Right here we are able to see the breakdown for the highest-end Core i9-13900 and Core i7-13700 fashions that include the brand new Raptor Lake die. As you’ll be able to see, the brand new ‘non-Okay’ chips include the identical core counts as their full-fledged counterparts however have considerably decrease clock speeds (notably for base frequencies) that enable Intel to squeeze them right into a decrease 65W Processor Base Energy (PBP) envelope. These two fashions even have a 219W peak energy (Most Turbo Energy – MTP), representing a 17W gen-on-gen improve for Core i9 and a 37W improve for Core i7.
Costs have additionally elevated by 10% over the debut pricing of the previous-gen chips. Consequently, you’ll pay $54 extra for the Core i9 and $49 extra for the Core i7 mannequin. As earlier than, you’ll be able to go for the graphics-less F-series fashions to avoid wasting money.
All 65W chips aren’t ‘formally’ overclockable, however keep in mind that some motherboard distributors have developed workarounds that enable full overclocking on these fashions. Intel has turned a blind eye to the unsanctioned observe, and these motherboards are likely to solely carry a small premium.
| Row 0 – Cell 0 | Avenue/MSRP | Cores / Threads (P+E) | P-Core Base / Enhance Clock (GHz) | E-Core Base / Enhance Clock (GHz) | Cache (L2/L3) | TDP / PBP / MTP | Reminiscence |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | $249 ($299) | 6 / 12 | 4.7 / 5.3 | – | 38MB (6+32) | 105W / 142W | DDR5-5200 |
| Core i5-13600K / KF | $319 (Okay) – $294 (KF) | 14 / 20 (6+8) | 3.5 / 5.1 | 2.6 / 3.9 | 44MB (20+24) | 125W / 181W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-5600 |
| Core i5-13600 | $255 | 14 / 20 (6+8) | 2.7 / 5.0 | 2.0 / 3.7 | 35.5MB (11.5+24) | 65W /154W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-4800 |
| Core i5-12600 | $255 | 6 / 12 (6+0) | 3.3 / 4.8 | – | 15.5MB (7.5+18) | 65W / 117W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-4800 |
| Core i5-13500 | $232 | 14 / 20 (6+8) | 2.5 / 4.8 | 1.8 / 3.5 | 55.5MB (11.5+24) | 65W /148W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-4800 |
| Core i5-13400 / F | $221 – $196 (F) | 10 / 16 (6+4) | 2.5 / 4.6 | 1.8 / 3.3 | 29.5MB (9.5+20) | 65W /148W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-4800 |
| Core i5-12400 / F | $199 – $167 (F) | 6 / 12 (6+0) | 4.4 / 2.5 | – | 25.5MB (7.5+18) | 65W / 117W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-4800 |
| Core i3-13100 (F) | $134 – $139 (F) | 4 / 8 (4+0) | 3.4 / 4.5 | – | 17MB (5+12) | 60W / 89W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-4800 |
| Core i3-12100 / F | $122 – $129 | $97 – $104 | 4 / 8 (4+0) | 3.3 / 4.3 | – | 17MB (5+12) | 60W / 89W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-4800 |
The decrease finish of the 65W product stack reportedly has a number of SKUs that leverage Alder Lake silicon, however Intel hasn’t formally confirmed which SKUs ship with the older design (we’ll replace once we get a response).
The Core i5 and i3 fashions all have a peak reminiscence velocity of DDR5-4800, decrease than the DDR5-5600 supported by the pricier variants, and the identical cache-per-core configurations as Alder Lake. This implies the chips don’t carry the enhancements we see in Raptor Lake, all however confirming that a few of these fashions (if not all) use the Alder Lake die.
Intel has offset that by bulking up your complete non-Okay Core i5 lineup with E-Cores, a primary, which is able to considerably enhance efficiency in threaded workloads whereas additionally offloading the P-Cores for extra necessary duties. Paired with the upper gen-on-gen clock speeds, these fashions will ship a giant efficiency enhance over the prior-gen fashions and supply stiff competitors for AMD’s soon-to-be-launched 65W Ryzen 7000 CPUs. Moreover, it’s noteworthy that Intel has uncovered extra efficiency with Raptor Lake by upgrading the firmware of the built-in microcontroller that debuted with Alder Lake. As such, a few of these sorts of modifications to the Alder Lake tuning is perhaps employed in these lower-end fashions.
We see even larger peak energy will increase of 37W for the Core i5-13600 and 31W for the 13500 and 13400. In the meantime, energy stays the identical on the Core i3-13100, however this chip is almost equivalent to its predecessor, with the identical variety of cores and a mere 200 MHz improve in peak frequency.
Once more, we see the ten% value improve in comparison with the debut pricing of the previous-gen fashions, which is a specific disappointment in these cost-sensitive value ranges.
Intel Thirteenth-Gen Raptor Lake Benchmarks
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Intel made a couple of efficiency projections, however as with all vendor-provided benchmarks, you must take them with a grain of salt. Intel claims an 11% enchancment in single-threaded and 34% enchancment in multi-threaded workloads, which appears affordable given the elevated cores, frequencies, and energy envelopes of the fashions in query. We’ll put this to the check quickly.
Intel Thirteenth-Gen Raptor Lake T-Collection 35W Specs and Pricing
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Lastly, right here you’ll be able to see the 35W T-series lineup. These chips are functionally the identical as their counterparts above however include a a lot decrease energy envelope to tailor them for particular segments, like fanless PCs, small form-factor rigs, HTPCs, and the like. The Core i9 mannequin retains the identical peak of 106W, however the Core i5-13600T and 13500T fashions include an 18W improve in energy, whereas the 13700T and 13400T see an 8W improve in peak energy.
We’re nonetheless digging for a couple of particulars concerning the chips, which we’ll add as we obtain solutions. Intel says these chips might be on cabinets globally in the present day. Look to those pages for critiques quickly.