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Intel’s Z790 motherboards are coming quickly for thirteenth Gen Raptor Lake Desktop CPUs & will provide improved DDR5 & DDR4 reminiscence help.

Intel Z790 Motherboards To Offer Faster DDR5 & DDR4 Memory Support For thirteenth Gen Raptor Lake CPUs

In a datasheet leaked by Videocardz, presumably from MSI, we will see that the Z790 chipset motherboards will provide quicker DDR5 and DDR4 reminiscence speeds in comparison with the prevailing Z690 motherboards. A complete of three motherboards have been listed, one supporting DDR5 and the opposite two with DDR4 help.

Intel Z790 DDR5 Motherboard Datasheet From MSI (Image Credits: Videocardz):

Intel Z790 Motherboards With Up To DDR5-6800 & DDR4-5333 Memory Support Spotted 2

According to the datasheet, the DDR5 Z790 motherboard will characteristic 4 DIMM slots with help for 128 GB capacities with speeds listed as follows:

  • 1 DIMM Per Channel (1-Rank) – Up To DDR5-6800+
  • 1 DIMM Per Channel (1-Rank) – Up To DDR5-6400+
  • 2 DIMM Per Channel (2-Rank) – Up To DDR5-6400+
  • 2 DIMM Per Channel (2-Rank) – Up To DDR5-5600+

As for Z790 DDR4 motherboards, it appears to be like like the utmost reminiscence pace supported right here shall be as much as DDR4-5333+. Following are the speeds listed for the quicker Z790 DDR4 configuration:

  • 1 DIMM Per Channel (1-Rank) – Up To DDR4-5333+
  • 1 DIMM Per Channel (1-Rank) – Up To DDR4-4800+
  • 2 DIMM Per Channel (2-Rank) – Up To DDR4-4400+
  • 2 DIMM Per Channel (2-Rank) – Up To DDR4-4000+

Intel Z790 DDR4 Motherboard Datasheet From MSI (Image Credits: Videocardz):

Intel Z790 Motherboards With Up To DDR5-6800 & DDR4-5333 Memory Support Spotted

On Z690 motherboards, the quickest reminiscence speeds are listed as following for the DDR5 and DDR4 motherboards in every respective section.

  • MEG (DDR5) – Up To DDR5-6666+
  • MPG (DDR5) – Up To DDR5-6666+
  • MAG (DDR5) – Up To DDR5-6400+
  • MPG (DDR4) – Up To DDR5-5200+
  • MAG (DDR4)  – Up To DDR4-5200+

For comparability, the AMD X670E Motherboards which were listed to date vary from DDR5-6600 to DDR5-6000 speeds. We not too long ago reported two ASRock X670E motherboards and Biostar’s X670E Valkyrie which not too long ago obtained their specs listed intimately. You can learn extra on that right here.

Biostar X670E Valkyrie Motherboard:

  • Supports Dual Channel DDR5 6000+(OC)/ 5800(OC)/ 5600(OC)/ 5400(OC)/ 5200(OC)/ 5000(OC)/ 4800
  • 4 x DDR5 DIMM Memory Slot, Max. Supports as much as 128 GB Memory
  • Each DIMM helps non-ECC 8/ 16/ 32 GB DDR5 module

ASRock X670E Taichi Carrera Motherboard

  • Dual Channel DDR5 Memory Technology
  • 4 x DDR5 DIMM Slots
  • Supports DDR5 ECC / non-ECC, un-buffered reminiscence as much as 6600+(OC)
  • Max. capability of system reminiscence: 128GB
  • Supports Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) and EXTended Profiles for Overclocking (EXPO) reminiscence modules

Intel Z790 motherboards shall be launching in October together with the thirteenth Gen Raptor Lake CPU lineup. The motherboards can have help for PCIe Gen 5.0 and DDR5 reminiscence nonetheless they will not have a PCIe Gen 5.0 M.2 slot straight linked to the CPU Gen 5 lanes except the board distributors determined to separate the discrete GPU x16 lanes.

Intel Z790 Motherboards With Up To DDR5-6800 & DDR4-5333 Memory Support Spotted

Intel thirteenth Gen Raptor Lake Desktop CPUs Expected Features:

  • Up To 24 Cores & 32 Threads
  • Brand New Raptor Cove CPU Cores (Higher P-Core IPC)
  • Based on 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ course of node
  • Up To 6.0 GHz clock speeds (anticipated)
  • Double The E-Cores on sure variants
  • Increased Cache for each P-Cores & E-Cores
  • Supported on present LGA 1700 motherboards
  • New Z790, H770, and B760 motherboards
  • Up To 28 PCIe Lanes (PCH Gen 4 + Gen 3)
  • Up To 28 PCIe Lanes (CPU Gen 5 x16 + Gen 4 x12)
  • Dual-Channel DDR5-5600 Memory Support
  • 20 PCIe Gen 5 Lanes
  • Enhanced Overclocking Features
  • 125W PL1 TDP (Flagship SKUs)
  • AI PCIe M.2 Technology
  • This autumn 2022 Launch (October Possibly)

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 shall 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)
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 cut 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