Intel today announced 16 new Raptor Lake processors spanning its 65W mainstream PC chips and 35W “T-Series” categories, expanding its list of 13th-gen processors that currently dominate our list of best processors for laptops. games and our benchmark CPU hierarchy. The new chips span from Core i3 families to high-end Core i9 families and come with more cores and higher frequencies as well as higher generation-on-gen pricing, reflecting the price increases we noticed yesterday. evening with 12th generation Intel chips. They also have a significantly increased maximum power consumption compared to their predecessors.
In many ways, Raptor Lake is an iteration of the microarchitectures found in previous generation Alder Lake chips, but with extensive enhancements that yield impressive performance gains. Even though Intel still uses the “Intel 7” process node, it takes advantage of advances in a new silicon revision to increase clock speeds while improving power efficiency. Intel is also burning the cores to a new larger die with more cores and L3 cache and exposing the previously unused L2 cache. These improvements gave Raptor Lake a tangible performance edge over AMD’s competing Ryzen 7000 chips.
Most of the new 13th Gen Intel processors announced today feature the same Raptor Cove architecture as the flagship models launched last year, but some of the Core i5s and the single Core i3 model would come with the same die and the same architecture as those used for the 12th. – Gen Alder Lake processors, albeit bloated with more generous core counts and/or higher clock rates to enable higher levels of performance.
As we saw with the launch of the unlocked full-power K-series chips last year, Intel has also significantly increased its maximum power consumption to retain the performance advantage over competing Ryzen 7000 CPUs. AMD. So while Intel’s new chips fit into the traditional 35W and 65W envelopes the company uses for its budget lineup, they consume more power and generate more heat than their predecessors.
The new B760 motherboards will accompany the 65W Raptor Lake chips to market, but they don’t bring many significant improvements over the previous generation B660 line. Raptor Lake still maintains backwards compatibility with existing 600-series motherboards, providing a value path that will integrate well with lower-end processors (make sure you have the correct BIOS).
Intel has also retained DDR4 memory support, a key cost-cutting measure that gives the company a big advantage over AMD’s expensive DDR5-only platforms, while also offering support for DDR5 memory. However, Intel has taken the maximum DDR5 speeds down a notch on its lower-end models.
Intel 13th Gen 65W Raptor Lake Specs & Price
| Line 0 – Cell 0 | Street/MSRP | Cores / Threads (P+E) | P-Core base/boost clock (GHz) | E-Core base/boost clock (GHz) | Cache (L2/L3) | TDP/PBP/MTP | Memory |
| Core i9-13900K/KF | $589 (K) – $564 (KF) | 24/32 (8+16) | 3.0 / 5.8 | 2.2 / 4.3 | 68MB (32+36) | 125W / 253W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-5600 |
| Core i9-13900/F | $549 – $529 (F) | 24/32 (8+16) | 2.0 / 5.6 | 1.5 / 4.2 | 68MB (32+36) | 65W / 219W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-5600 |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | $569 ($699) | 16 / 32 | 4.5 / 5.7 | – | 80 MB (16+64) | 170W / 230W | DDR5-5200 |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | $474 ($549) | 12 / 24 | 4.7 / 5.6 | – | 76 MB (12+64) | 170W / 230W | DDR5-5200 |
| Core i7-13700K/KF | $409 (K) – $384 (KF) | 16 / 24 (8+8) | 3.4 / 5.4 | 2.5 / 4.2 | 54 MB (24+30) | 125W / 253W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-5600 |
| Core i7-13700/F | $384 – $359 (F) | 16 / 24 (8+8) | 2.1 / 5.2 | 1.5 / 4.1 | 54 MB (24+30) | 65W / 219W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-5600 |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | $349 ($399) | 8 / 16 | 4.5 / 5.4 | – | 40 MB (8+32) | 105W / 142W | DDR5-5200 |
Here we can see the breakdown of the high-end Core i9-13900 and Core i7-13700 models that come with the new Raptor Lake die. As you can see, the new “non-K” chips come with the same number of cores as their full-fledged counterparts, but have significantly lower clock speeds (especially for core frequencies) that allow Intel to squeeze them into a lower CPU base power of 65 W. (PBP). These two models also have a peak power of 219W (Maximum Turbo Power – MTP), which represents a 17W increase from generation to generation for the Core i9 and a 37W increase for the Core i7.
Prices have also increased by 10% compared to the first price of the previous generation chips. As a result, you’ll pay $54 more for the Core i9 and $49 more for the Core i7 model. As before, you can opt for the F-series models without graphics to save money.
Not all 65W chips are “officially” overclockable, but keep in mind that some motherboard vendors have developed workarounds that allow full overclocking on these models. Intel has turned a blind eye to the unauthorized practice, and these motherboards tend to carry only a small premium.
| Line 0 – Cell 0 | Street/MSRP | Cores / Threads (P+E) | P-Core base/boost clock (GHz) | E-Core base/boost clock (GHz) | Cache (L2/L3) | TDP/PBP/MTP | Memory |
| Ryzen5 7600X | $249 ($299) | 6 / 12 | 4.7 / 5.3 | – | 38MB (6+32) | 105W / 142W | DDR5-5200 |
| Core i5-13600K/KF | $319 (K) – $294 (KF) | 14 / 20 (6+8) | 3.5 / 5.1 | 2.6 / 3.9 | 44 MB (20+24) | 125W / 181W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-5600 |
| Core i5-13600 | $255 | 14 / 20 (6+8) | 2.7 / 5.0 | 2.0 / 3.7 | 35.5 MB (11.5+24) | 65W /154W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-4800 |
| Core i5-12600 | $255 | 6/12 (6+0) | 3.3 / 4.8 | – | 15.5 MB (7.5 + 18) | 65W / 117W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-4800 |
| Core i5-13500 | $232 | 14 / 20 (6+8) | 2.5 / 4.8 | 1.8 / 3.5 | 55.5 MB (11.5+24) | 65W /148W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-4800 |
| Core i5-13400/F | $221 – $196 (F) | 10 / 16 (6+4) | 2.5 / 4.6 | 1.8 / 3.3 | 29.5 MB (9.5+20) | 65W /148W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-4800 |
| Core i5-12400/F | $199 – $167 (F) | 6/12 (6+0) | 4.4 / 2.5 | – | 25.5 MB (7.5 + 18) | 65W / 117W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-4800 |
| Core i3-13100 (F) | $134 – $139 (F) | 4 / 8 (4+0) | 3.4 / 4.5 | – | 17 MB (5+12) | 60W / 89W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-4800 |
| Core i3-12100/F | $122 – $129 | $97 – $104 | 4 / 8 (4+0) | 3.3 / 4.3 | – | 17 MB (5+12) | 60W / 89W | DDR4-3200 / DDR5-4800 |
The lower end of the 65W product stack is said to have several SKUs that leverage Alder Lake silicon, but Intel hasn’t officially confirmed which SKUs ship with the older design (we’ll update when we hear back).
The Core i5 and i3 models all have a maximum memory speed of DDR5-4800, lower than the DDR5-5600 supported by the more expensive variants, and the same per-core cache configurations as Alder Lake. This means the chips don’t carry the improvements we see in Raptor Lake, while also confirming that some (if not all) of these models use the Alder Lake die.
Intel has compensated for this by bulking up the entire non-K Core i5 line with E-Cores, a first, which will dramatically improve performance in threaded workloads while offloading the P-Cores for more important tasks. Coupled with higher gen-to-gen clock speeds, these models will deliver a massive performance boost over the previous-gen models and offer stiff competition to AMD’s soon-to-be-launched 65W Ryzen 7000 processors. Additionally, it should be noted that Intel has exhibited more performance with Raptor Lake by upgrading the embedded microcontroller firmware that debuted with Alder Lake. As such, some of these types of Alder Lake tuning modifications could be used in these lower-end models.
We see even bigger peak power increases of 37W for the Core i5-13600 and 31W for the 13500 and 13400. Meanwhile, power remains the same on the Core i3-13100, but this chip is almost identical to its predecessor, with the same number. of cores and a simple 200 MHz increase in peak frequency.
Again, we see a 10% price increase over the initial price of the previous generation models, which is particularly disappointing in these cost-sensitive price ranges.
13th Gen Intel Raptor Lake benchmarks
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Intel has made some performance projections, but as with all vendor-provided benchmarks, you should take them with a grain of salt. Intel claims an 11% improvement in single-threaded workloads and 34% improvement in multi-threaded workloads, which seems reasonable given the increased cores, frequencies, and power envelopes of the models in question. We will put this to the test soon.
Specs and price Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake T-Series 35W
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Finally, you can see the 35W range of the T-series here. These chips are functionally the same as their counterparts above, but come with a much lower power envelope to tailor them to specific segments, like PCs without fan, small form factor platforms, HTPCs, etc. The Core i9 model retains the same 106W peak, but the Core i5-13600T and 13500T models come with an 18W boost in power, while the 13700T and 13400T see an 8W boost in peak power.
We’re still looking for a few bullet point details, which we’ll add as we receive responses. Intel says these chips will be on shelves around the world today. Check these pages for reviews soon.