Intel Core i9-13900K leak suggests a speedy flagship CPU

Date:
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:41:23 +0000

Description:
Further Raptor Lake spillage is stoking excitement for the next-gen CPU
battle between Intel and AMD.

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Intels Raptor Lake flagship has been spotted again, with another engineering sample (ES) chip floating around out there which has been benchmarked, and is shown running with considerably faster clock speeds than the last sample CPU we saw.

VideoCardz flagged up this one, spotting it on Twitter, although it originates from the Chiphell forums over in China, a regular source of hardware leakage which has provided accurate rumors in the past but wed
still say its territory that should be treated with a bit more caution than normal. Intel i9-13900K ES1 and ES3 InformationES1ES1 really can't perform properly.ES3CPUZST 880+ MT 15000+Single-core 5.5 Multi-core 5.3bigThe picture is ES1https://t.co/zncsNQeOYn pic.twitter.com/C8SRKVKzuP June 29, 2022 See more

At any rate, the purported Core i9-13900K spotted is an ES3 chip (meaning a later revision than early ES1 and ES2 sample CPUs) that was benchmarked in CPU-Z.

What were shown is a processor which can boost to 5.5GHz (on a single core) and 5.3GHz (across multiple cores these are the performance cores, not efficiency ones, of course). The chip achieved a single-thread score of 800, and multi-thread result of 15,000.

The leaker also has an ES1 sample (obtained on the Chinese black market, were told), for which a photo and screenshots were provided (we didnt get the ES3 results screen grabbed, sadly), and that runs somewhat slower as youd expect, with scores of 600 and 13,000 for single and multi-thread respectively. The ES1 only boosts to 4.5GHz, but again, as an earlier sample, thats par for the course clock speeds can often be way off the mark with this kind of pre-release chip.

As we mentioned at the outset, we recently saw spillage around a Core i9-13900K ES processor running with a slower 3.8GHz (all-core) boost speed, which suggested promising levels of multi-core performance compared to the existing 12900K (not surprisingly, as the Raptor Lake flagship is set to double the number of efficiency cores on-board, no less). Analysis: A closely fought battle for next-gen CPUs?

At this stage, we cant read much into benchmark results for obvious reasons, and CPU-Z is hardly the first pick for a sterling performance metric anyway; although it does at least give us something of a ballpark idea. More telling are the clock speeds recorded here, with the Core i9-13900K sample already reaching 5.5GHz boost, and the finished product will presumably be quicker than this.

At 5.5GHz, the Raptor Lake flagship is already level pegging with the Core i9-12900KS (special edition of the 12900K flagship), which also boosts to 5.5GHz by default out of the box (remember that overclocking can push these unlocked K CPUs harder than this).

Rumor has it that the 13900K could reach up to around 5.8GHz for its final boost speed, and its looking like that could be a realistic piece of speculation (some rumors have even suggested 6GHz of late, but wed be wary around expecting Intel to be able to drive that hard with the 13th-gen flagship).

Overall, this points to Raptor Lakes performance looking like a promising
step up from Alder Lake which has already impressed us and for gamers, we shouldnt forget about the cache boost which is going to be served up by 13th-gen silicon , either.

Should AMD be worried by Raptor Lake? Well, yes and no while Intels next-gen CPU performance certainly looks strong from these rumors, particularly from a gaming angle, Zen 4 is shaping up to be something pretty special as well,
from what weve seen.

In some ways, the battle of the next-gen CPUs is becoming quite the race to push clock speeds, with Zen 4 processors also seriously ramping up frequencies. AMD already demonstrated a pre-release Ryzen 9 7950X (16-core flagship) hitting 5.5GHz boost (with no overclocking), and thats across multiple cores , not just a single core. And again, this isnt the finished product yet

In short, both generations are looking highly promising, and ultimately we
can hope thatll mean the big winners later this year will be the consumers. Ryzen 7000 CPUs might be out as soon as September or early October, with Raptor Lake also rumored to be looking at an October launch so not only
might performance be a closely fought battle, but release timing could be
very tightly pitched, too. Exciting times in store



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