Intel announces 13th Gen Core Desktop CPU family

The next-generation 125W SKUs are here. 

Today Intel unveils 13th Gen Core bid codenamed “Raptor Lake”. The caller bid diagnostic 3 SKUs, each to beryllium disposable successful 2 variants (with and without built-in graphics). The institution is adding 4 (for i5/i7) to 8 (for i9) cores to each conception compared to the 12th Gen Core series.

13th Gen Core Series “Raptor Lake”, Source: Intel

The Core i9-13900K features 24 cores (8P+16E) and a full of 68 MB of combined L2 and L3 cache. The maximum boost timepiece for this SKU is 5.8 GHz, and it volition beryllium disposable with integrated UHD Graphics 770 astatine 589 USD oregon without it astatine 564 USD.

Intel Raptor Lake 16-core (8P+8E) models: i7-13700K and i7-13700KF volition retail astatine 409 and 384 USD respectively. The cheapest models featuring 14 cores (6P+8E) volition outgo 319 USD (i5-13600K) and 294 USD (i5-13600KF).

13th Gen Core Series “Raptor Lake” Specs & Pricing, Source: Intel

Intel is claiming up to 15% amended single-threaded show and up to 41% multi-threaded. Those improvements travel chiefly from accrued frequence and accrued fig of threads. Intel’s caller Z790 high-end level has accrued fig of PCIe Gen4 lanes and accrued USB 3.0 Gen 2×2 20 Gbps connectors.

Intel is claiming gaming enactment with its i9-13900K, which reaches parity with 12900K show astatine 65W. According to Intel data, the caller SKU is up to 37% faster with the aforesaid 241W TDP.

Intel besides sharing gaming show for its flagship 24-core SKU, delivering higher FPS successful the ’99th percentile low-water mark’.

Intel confirms, 13th Gen Core bid volition beryllium disposable connected October 20th, which is the aforesaid time Z790 motherboards volition spell connected sale.