This i9-13900K uses a 24-core and 32-thread design, that is, 8 large cores + 16 small cores, and the power limits are set to 125W and 250W.

IT House reported on July 14 that as the second half of the year begins, major manufacturers are also working hard to gain momentum. Whether it is AMD, Intel or Nvidia's new generation hardware, they have been warmed up many times.

As Intel's 13th generation Core Raptor Lake gets closer and closer, various exposures continue, and some reviewers have even stolen the performance test of of the ES processor.

B station UP master @EP Extreme Player Hall has now released "The first exposure on the entire network!" Intel 13th Generation Core i9-13900K Performance Test Part.1 Basic Performance Test shows you the detailed test results of the i9-13900K sample, as well as the power consumption.

It is worth mentioning that this processor is a qualified sample and has the same performance as the retail version. This i9-13900K uses a 24-core and 32-thread design, that is, 8 large cores + 16 small cores, with power limits set to 125W and 250W (MTB).

Judging from the CPU-Z data, this processor has the same clock speed as the one that appeared on Geekbench two days ago, with a base frequency of 3.0 GHz and a boost frequency of 5.5 GHz to 5.7 GHz (depending on the technology).

The processor was tested at 6400 MT/s on an Asus ROG Z690 Extreme motherboard with DDR5 memory, while the system was also equipped with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti graphics card, a 1500W power supply, and Thermalright AIO Frozen Magic 360 cooling.

reviewers say the Intel 13900K is on average 10% faster than the 12900KF in single-core tests and about 35% faster in multi-threaded workloads.

Of course, the actual performance results currently depend on the type of test. Raptor Lake seems to be a full 46.34% faster than the Alder Lake CPU in the CPU-Z multi-core test, but it only has a 22% lead in Geekbench 5 MT.

From the table below, we can see that in all test links except one memory test , Raptor Lake performed better than the 12th generation Core .

IT Home reminds that at present, the gap between the 12th generation Core and the 13th generation Core is mainly reflected in more small cores and high frequencies. Reviewers also pointed out that Raptor Lake’s performance improvement mainly comes from higher clock speeds (previous revelations show that The 13th generation Core can achieve the same 5.5GHz as AMD Zen4), and the performance of the two processors tested at the same frequency in the CPU-Z test is almost identical, and the difference is so small that it can be regarded as an error:

Another question is, This CPU requires a top-notch cooler to get the most out of it. For example, @EP Extreme Player Hall has used 360 water cooling, but you can still see that it directly reaches a high temperature of 100°C in Intel's own XTU tool and begins to trigger the temperature wall. In addition, according to previous reports, the power of this processor PL4 is as high as 420W, which means that ordinary people’s water-cooled may not be enough.

Of course, Intel still hasn’t really confirmed a final release date for its 13th Gen Core lineup, but it’s definitely going to be this fall. According to rumors, it should be available around October, which is about three months away, so stay tuned.