Intel Core i5-13600K 13th Gen Raptor Lake Processor

Specification

Intel Core i5-13600K 13th Gen Raptor Lake Processor

Intel Core i5-13600K Processor 13th Gen Raptor Lake Desktop CPU are no mystery to us and it looks like the first 24 core chip which should be the flagship Core i9-13900K has already leaked out. Intel’s 13th Gen Raptor Lake Desktop CPU with 24 cores and 32 threads has been spotted in BAPCO. Discovered by Tom’s Hardware within the BAPCo Crossmark software, an Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake Desktop CPU has popped up in a very early engineering state. The chip has no name & goes by the ‘Genuine Intel 0000’ codename but this is in fact a desktop chip as made apparent from its RPL-S listing. The chip was tested on the Alder Lake reference platform with 32 GB of DDR4-4800 memory. As for the chip itself, we are looking at 24 cores that include 8 P-cores based on the new Raptor Cove architecture and 16 E-Cores based on an optimized Gracemont architecture. This is a 24 core and 32 thread chip which is an improvement of 50% on the core and 33% on the thread count.

The Intel Raptor Lake Desktop CPU loses out to the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X & Core i9-12900K due to its ES nature. The benchmark doesn’t tell us the exact clock frequencies of the Intel Raptor Lake Desktop CPU but this is the flagship core configuration so we are most likely looking at the Core i9 SKU & that should be known as the Core i9-13900K/Core i9-13900. In terms of benchmarks, the chip is still a very early sample and is only just on par with the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X while it loses to the Core i9-12900K by a huge margin.

Features:

• Up To 24 Cores & 32 Threads
• Brand New Raptor Cove CPU Cores (Higher P-Core IPC)
• Based on 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ process node
• Supported on existing LGA 1700 motherboards
• Dual-Channel DDR5-5600 Memory Support
• 20 PCIe Gen 5 Lanes
• Enhanced Overclocking Features
• 125W PL1 TDP (Flagship SKUs)

Replacing the Intel Alder Lake-S 12th Gen Core family, the Intel Raptor Lake-S lineup will be part of the 13th Gen Core family and feature two brand new core architectures. These architectures will be featuring Raptor Cove as performance cores & an enhanced Gracemont core which will be serving as efficiency cores.

Intel Raptor Lake-S Desktop CPU Lineup & Configurations

According to previously leaked data, the lineup will consist of three segments that were leaked out in the recent power recommendations. These include the ‘K’ series enthusiast SKUs rated at 125W, 65W mainstream SKUs, and 35W low-power SKUs. Coming to the top-end variants, we will be getting up to 24 cores followed by 16 core, 10 core, 4 core, and 2 core variants. The SKUs are detailed below:

The enthusiast 125W Intel Raptor Lake-S Desktop SKUs will feature Core i9 models featuring up to 8 Raptor Cove cores and 16 Gracemont cores for a total of 24 cores and 32 threads. Intel’s Core i7 lineup will consist of 16 core (8+8), Core i5 models will consist of 14 core (6+8) and 10 core (6+4) & finally, we have the Core i3 models which will feature 4 cores but without any efficiency cores. The lineup will also include Pentium SKUs which will feature just 2 Raptor Cove cores. All Core variants will feature a 32 EU (256 core) enhanced Xe integrated GPU. Certain Core i5 and Pentium variants will also come configured with 24 EU and 16 EU iGPUs.

Intel Raptor Lake-S Desktop CPU Platform Details

Other details include a larger L2 cache which will be branded as Intel’s own ‘Game Cache’ for Core CPUs and clock speeds will feature a boost clock bump of 200 MHz so we can expect up to 5.5 GHz boost clocks considering Alder Lake-S Desktop CPUs will top out at 5.3 GHz. The Intel Raptor Lake-S chips will also support faster DDR5 memory speeds of up to 5600 Mbps (6500 Mbps LPDDR5(X)) along with retaining support for DDR4 memory as reports suggest. It looks like there will be three main dies which will be configured into these SKUs starting with a top ‘Large’ die consist of 8 Cove and 16 Atom cores, a ‘Mid’ die with 8 Core and 8 Atom cores, and lastly, a ‘Small’ die with 6 Cove cores and no Atom cores.

Performance

Intel hasn’t shared any detailed performance numbers of the 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPU family yet but based on what we know, we can expect around a 10-15% uplift in gaming performance and 15-25% gains in multi-threading performance. These are just estimates and the final CPU performance could be much better. Intel’s main aim with Raptor Lake is to tackle the 3D V-Cache and the Zen 4 CPUs. AMD has already touted its Ryzen 7 5800X3D to tie or offer slightly better gaming performance in select titles against Alder Lake. With Zen 4, this lead would go further up.

A demo showcasing the benefits of the extra cores was shown by Intel during Investors Day ’22 which revealed how the E-Cores can offload the work in Blender and leave the 16 P-Core threads available for other tasks. The Raptor Lake chip used within the demo is an ES part running at lower clock speeds and at a base TDP of 125W and was able to outperform the Core i9-12900K (though we don’t know if the Alder Lake chip was also running at base TDP of its max TDP). Nevertheless, it looks like those extra cores are going to deliver some nice uplift in performance overall.

This processor has 03 years warranty (no warranty for fan or cooler).