Intel recently launched the new 12th generation Intel Core processors that offer a combination of performance cores and efficiency cores. Now, the company has announced the new 13th-generation Raptor Lake processors.
The announcement of the new 13th generation processors from Intel comes at a time when its rival AMD has launched the new Ryzen 7000 processors for desktop devices.
The new chips are built on an upgraded version of the Intel 7 process (which is a 10nm design), featuring a third-generation SuperFin transistor and x86 performance hybrid architecture. It includes Performance cores (P-cores) and Efficient cores (E-cores) that split workloads using Intel’s Thread Director.
The top-end chipset in the new lineup is the Intel Core i9-13900K which packs 24 cores, offering eight performance cores and 16 efficiency cores. It is also said to be able to reach up to 5.8GHz Max Turbo frequency. The company also claims that it is 15 percent faster than its predecessor in single-threaded tasks and 41 percent better in multi-threaded work.
On the other hand, the Intel Core i5-13600K comes with 14 cores which is a combination of six performance cores and eight efficiency cores along with 20 threads. The Intel Core i7-13700K has 16 cores, which include eight performance cores and eight efficiency cores, and comes with 24 threads.
The L3 cache and L2 cache on the chips have been increased. Further, there’s also support for PCIe Gen 5.0 with up to 16 lanes off the processor along with DDR5-5600 and DDR5-5200 support. It is also compatible with DDR4 memory for the motherboard makers that still want to offer DDR4. All Core i5, i7, and i9 chips have a base power of 125 watts, but the Core i7 and Core i9 will both need 253 watts for their max turbo power.
Although Intel had warned about price increases for the flagship chips earlier this year, that is not the case as the pricing of the 13th generation chips are pretty much similar to the pricing of 12th gen processors.
The Intel Core i9-13900K is priced at $589, the same price as the last year’s 12900K chip. On the other hand, the Intel Core i5-13600K is priced at $319, which is a slight increase from the 12th gen’s price of $289. The Intel Core i7-13700K has a price tag of $409. The company says that the new 13th generation chips will start shipping from 20th October along with Z790 motherboards.
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