
Intel’s Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake CPU benchmarks simply maintain pouring in a complete two months previous to its anticipated launch. The newest benchmarks come from OneRaichu who exhibits the max potential of the chip with an “Unlimited Power” setting and a default increase frequency of 5.8 GHz.
Intel Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake CPU Runs at 5.8 GHz & 350W By Default Using “Unlimited Power” Setting, 67% Faster Than 5950X In Cinebench
The Intel Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake CPU pattern examined right here appears to be a retail chip that options 24 cores and 32 threads in an 8 P-Core and 16 E-Core configuration. The CPU carries a complete of 68 MB of cache and we will inform that that is only a higher “Retail-Ready” pattern primarily based on its clock velocity alone. The chip retains a most increase clock of 5.8 GHz throughout 2 cores & 5.5 GHz frequency throughout all 8 P-Cores.
The actual take a look at configuration wasn’t revealed however OneRaichu examined the chips with two profiles, one with the usual “Limited Power” and the opposite with the “Unlimited Power” setting. Using the primary setting, the chip achieved a single-core rating of 2290 factors and a multi-core rating of 35,693 factors with a most energy draw of 253W. The “Unlimited Power” setting removes all shackles & presents the complete potential of the CPU. With the brand new profile, the Intel Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake CPU posted a single-core rating of 2288 factors which is identical as the primary setting nevertheless it’s the multi-thread CPU rating that noticed an enormous increase. The Cinebench R23 multi-thread rating jumped to 40,616 factors, that is a 14% increase over the usual energy profile.
Intel Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake 5.8 GHz CPU (With Unlimited Power/ Image Credits: OneRaichu):

Intel Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake 5.8 GHz CPU (With Limited Power / Image Credits: OneRaichu):

At the identical time, the CPU’s energy consumption additionally noticed a dramatic enhance from 253W to 345W which is one thing that we talked about solely a couple of days in the past. That’s a 36% enhance in energy for a 14% efficiency acquire so undoubtedly not the perfect efficiency effectivity acquire right here however those that do not care about their energy payments would undoubtedly find yourself utilizing the “Unlimited Power” profile for the perfect efficiency.
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Threadripper 5975WX (32/64)
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Compared to its predecessor, the Core i9-12900K, the Intel Core i9-13900K presents a efficiency increase of as much as 48% (with Unlimited Power) and 30% (with Limited Power). Versus the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, it is a huge 67% efficiency enhance (with Unlimited Power) and even with Limited Power, the Raptor Lake chip scores a decent 47% efficiency enhance.
- Intel Core i9-13900K vs Core i9-12900K at “Unlimited Power” 350W – 48% Faster
- Intel Core i9-13900K vs Core i9-12900K at “Limited Power” 250W – 30% Faster
- Intel Core i9-13900K vs Ryzen 9 5950X at “Unlimited Power” 350W – 67% Faster
- Intel Core i9-13900K vs Ryzen 9 5950X at “Limited Power” 250W – 48% Faster
Now to make this benchmark a bit extra attention-grabbing, we all know that the AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs are anticipated to supply a 35% multi-threaded efficiency enhance in Cinebench over the Zen 3 elements. Here, we see a power-limited Core i9-13900K providing a 48% efficiency increase over the Ryzen 9 5950X at 253W and we all know that Ryzen 7000 CPUs have a most PPT of 230W. So that is a 20 Watt distinction whereas the multi-threading efficiency of the flagship 13900K may find yourself a bit greater (double-digit acquire) over Ryzen 7000 flagship (for an 8% wattage distinction).

Overall this appears to be some mighty good multi-core efficiency for the upcoming Raptor Lake chips. We nonetheless wish to look ahead to some detailed energy and temperature figures however one factor is for positive, in MT-tasks, Raptor Lake may give AMD’s Raphael a tough time. The Intel thirteenth Gen Raptor Lake Desktop CPUs together with the flagship Core i9-13900K is anticipated to launch in October on the Z790 platform. The CPUs might be going up in opposition to AMD’s Ryzen 7000 CPU lineup which additionally launches in Fall 2022.
Intel Raptor Lake vs AMD Raphael Desktop CPUs Comparison ‘Expected’
CPU Family | AMD Raphael (RPL-X) | Intel Raptor Lake (RPL-S) |
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Process Node | TSMC 5nm | Intel 7 |
Architecture | Zen 4 (Chiplet) | Raptor Cove (P-Core) Gracemont (E-Core) |
Flagship SKU | Ryzen 9 7950X | Core i9-13900K |
Cores / Threads | Up To 16/32 | Up To 24/32 |
Total L3 Cache | 64 MB (+3D V-Cache) | 36 MB |
Total L2 Cache | 16 MB | 32 MB |
Total Cache | 80 MB | 68 MB |
Max Clocks (1T) | 5.7 GHz | 5.8 GHz |
Memory Support | DDR5 | DDR5/DDR4 |
Memory Channels | 2 Channel (2DPC) | 2 Channel (2DPC) |
Memory Speeds | DDR5-5600 | DDR5-5600 DDR4-3200 |
Platform Support | 600-Series (X670E/X670/B650/A620) | 600-Series (Z690/H670/B650/H610) 700-Series (Z790/H770/B760) |
PCIe Gen 5.0 | Both GPU & M.2 (Extreme chipsets solely) | Both GPU & M.2 (700-Series solely however break up) |
Integrated Graphics | AMD RDNA 2 | Intel Iris Xe |
Socket | AM5 (LGA 1718) | LGA 1700/1800 |
TDP (Max) | 170W (TDP) 230W (PPT) |
125W (PL1) 240W+ (PL2) |
Launch | September 2022 | October 2022 |