The Core i9-13900K takes on the Core i9-12900K again – Tom’s Hardware

A consumption peak at 378 W in Prime95. Intel has still not formalized Raptor Lake processors, but engineering sample tests have been going on for several weeks. The Core i9-13900K, already reviewed by Extreme Player last July, reappears, this time under the spotlight of Erjin Homemade Taobao. However, the chip is not in its best light. Credit: Erjin Homemade Taobao CPU marking is concealed, so we cannot determine the revision. With the launch of the 13th generation Cores being close (mid-October), it is likely that the chip is quite recent. Anyway, this copy of Core i9-13900K was compared to Core i9-12900K on various benchmarks and games. Both processors take place on an MSI Z690 Godlike motherboard. Cooled by a 360 mm AIO kit, they collaborate with DDR5-4800 RAM and a GeForce RTX 3090 graphics card. Note that the Core Raptor Lake has 8 P-cores and 16 E-cores, i.e. 24 cores / 32 threads; Core Alder Lake has 8 P-cores and 8 E-cores, or 16 cores / 24 threads. Results Under AIDA64, with frequencies set at 4.9 GHz and 5.2 GHz, the Core i3-13900K consumes less and therefore heats up less than its ancestor. Credit: Erjin Homemade Taobao Credit: Erjin Homemade Taobao However, in Prime95, with all P-cores at 5.2 GHz, the chip no longer hides its gargantuan appetite for watts: it gobbles up 378 W. Credit: Erjin Homemade Taobao Next comes some Cinebench and CPU-Z tests. Unsurprisingly, the Raptor Lake, which has more cores, takes the lead in multi-threaded tests. The balance of power is sometimes reversed in single-core. Credit: Erjin Homemade Taobao Credit: Erjin Homemade Taobao Same observation in games at 1080p, with lackluster performance for the Core i9-13900K. Assume a driver problem. Credit: Erjin Homemade Taobao Credit: Erjin Homemade Taobao Intel is expected to introduce Raptor Lake processors on September 27. These would be available from October 20. A leak yesterday revealed a Raptor Lake range featuring 14 SKUs. However, it is likely that initially the company offers only the best representatives of each series, namely the Core i9-13900K / Core i7-13700K / Core i5-13600K. Ryzen 7000 and Core Raptor Lake face off in Cinebench R23 Source: Erjin Homemade Taobao (Bilibili) via Tom’s Hardware US