Who wants 24 physical processing cores with an operating frequency of up to 5.8GHz for two of them? On the net there is already an impressively in-depth breakdown of the capabilities we can expect in the desktop Core 13 generation from Intel
We are approaching the official launch date of the intriguing Raptor Lake generation from Intel, which is designed to give it a lead over the competitor AMD at least in terms of the number of physical processing cores it provides to users – within the framework of its new hybrid architecture, of course, which made a rather successful debut in the current Alder Lake generation . What exactly will be the improvements in the 13th Core generation compared to the 12th Core generation? Well, a significant part of the information has already been leaked to the network, and has even been verified by apparently official slides of the chip manufacturer itself that found their way to the public eye before the planned date.
According to the new information, the first group of Raptor Lake processors will include leading Core i9 models, Core i7 models and Core i5 models from five different sub-series – starting from the most powerful K models, through the discounted KF models without a built-in graphics core but with a frequency multiplier open, models without the addition of any letter to their name and F models without a graphic core with a reduced power envelope and also T models with an extremely modest power envelope of 35 watts as a base.
In total, there are 14 different desktop models that will be available for consumers to choose from – when the Core i9 models will now include no less than 24 physical cores and 32 logical cores, including 8 large and powerful P cores and another 16 smaller and more economical E cores (all With more cache memory than the L2 level compared to the Alder Lake generation), the Core i7 models will provide 16 physical cores of which 8 P cores and another 8 E cores and the Core i5 models will provide 14 physical cores or 10 physical cores, with a combination of 6 P cores along with 8 E cores or 4 E cores depending on the specific version.
The new flagship Core i9-13900K model at launch will come with a basic power envelope of 125 watts which is the same as that of the Core i9-12900K it will replace, plus an enlarged maximum turbo envelope of 253 watts and above all the ability to reach significantly higher and impressively high maximum operating frequencies In general – up to 5.7GHz under Turbo Boost 3.0 technology and up to 5.8GHz with Thermal Velocity Boost.
Raptor Lake processors will continue to support both DDR4 and DDR5 memories, with a base speed of 3,200MT/s and an increased base speed of 5,600MT/s respectively (on most, but not all models), while being based on an Intel 7 (or 7 nanometer, as a more popular name) as in the previous generation and also benefit from an increased amount of PCI-Express 4.0 arteries (alongside 16 PCI-Express 5.0 arteries, of course), infrastructural support for Thunderbolt 4 and USB 4, preparation for Wi-Fi 6E connectivity Modern and updated chipsets for the LGA 1700 socket with the Z790 being the first.
The Core i5-13400 model, and the Core i5-13400F as its derivative, looks like a strange chicken among all the known models with four less processing cores than all other models and support for DDR5 memories at a base speed of only 4,800MT/s – with additional hints from the leaked slides leading Everyone concludes that it is the same medium-sized piece of silicon that we saw in the previous generation, without the improvements that will be in the largest piece of silicon in the Raptor Lake generation that will be used in the other models. In other words, it is possible that Intel’s 13th Core generation will see a combination of new hardware and recycling of previous hardware under updated names and nothing else.
Now, with all this data already leaked, the most interesting question mark that still remains regarding Intel’s next processors concerns their prices – both compared to the previous generation’s prices (which have already been cut in half in many cases compared to the recommended prices at launch) and compared to the competing Ryzen 7000 processors from AMD which we already know. Does Intel have what it takes to win the next generation race? Feel free to share in the comments.