Intel Core i9-13900KF CPU Arrives Before the Official Launch

[AleksandarK]

Intel's upcoming 13th generation of Core processors, codenamed "Raptor Lake," is supposed to arrive in the coming days. Apparently, one user pre-ordered the CPU and got it delivered to their home. Pictured below is the box of Intel Core i9-13900KF CPU. This SKU comes without integrated graphics and boasts eight P-cores with 16 E-cores on board. This is supposed to boost performance, along with the higher frequencies Raptor Lake is advertised to bring. The user even showed screenshots of proof that the software recognizes this upcoming model, so the information seems legit. In the screenshots below, we see that the P-cores of this SKU is reaching 5.5 GHz clock speeds. We are yet to see how much this silicon is capable of; however, the frequency alone looks promising.



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[Nanochip]

Raptor lake is a monster. 5.5 GHz all core with 4.3 on the e cores? On the same intel 7 process? At only 1.36x V? That is mighty impressive.

 

[Pumper]

290W CPU only to beat a stock 7950X by 5%. No, thanks.

 

[Nanochip]

290W CPU only to beat a stock 7950X by 5%. No, thanks.

Slots into existing z690 motherboards, unlike zen4 which requires new motherboards + DDR5 only.

Besides, raptor lake will not consume 290W in gaming and everyday tasks. It’s only under all core loads that power consumption and temps will spike. And you can undervolt or cap the turbo ratios to consume less power. I think it’s impressive what intel can do with intel 7… and makes me wonder what intel is cooking up when it ramps intel 4 and 3 to volume production.

 

[Solid State Brain]

290W CPU only to beat a stock 7950X by 5%. No, thanks.

POUT is showing the true power output from the voltage regulators into the CPU.
Core VIDs are significantly higher than vcore (or VR VOUT), which implies that the reported Package Power is also higher than it actually was.

 

[sephiroth117]

290W CPU only to beat a stock 7950X by 5%. No, thanks.

No miracles here, you have a 6/5nm architecture vs a 10nm.
I'd say for 10nm it is impressive, no debates here, for a new build I'd go with a 5800X3D or a 7000 for sure

They will really shine next year with Meteor lake IMO, that tiled architecture + 7nm intel (which is, I think more efficient then traditional 7nm)

 

[thegnome]

No miracles here, you have a 6/5nm architecture vs a 10nm.
I'd say for 10nm it is impressive, no debates here, for a new build I'd go with a 5800X3D or a 7000 for sure

They will really shine next year with Meteor lake IMO, that tiled architecture + 7nm intel (which is, I think more efficient then traditional 7nm)

The "10nm" actually has higher density than TSMC's original N7, so it's not exactly right... AMD despite their node advantage stays on par with Intel, this has been going since the original Zen.

 

[KarymidoN]

still won't beat the 5800X3D In gaming, but impressive.

 

[Nanochip]

still won't beat the 5800X3D In gaming, but impressive.

With the 4090 as ridiculously powerful as it is, does it really matter anymore ?

Most people won’t get the 4090 I realize.

 

[dicobalt]

Moar coars more impressive and the CPU only sucks down 290W. You can have all this for the fabulously low price of $600.

 

[milewski1015]

Why does Cinebench “Your System - OS” list Windows 10 when the UI is clearly Win 11? Something’s fishy

 

[grammar_phreak]

I preordered one as soon as I could but only because I already have a z690 setup. My plans are to take the 12900k I have and use it to upgrade my brother's build.
After seeing this I just check my order status and it's still stuck in the pre-order phase. lol, I was hoping the retailer would make a mistake and send the preorder out sooner than they should.

 

[AnarchoPrimitiv]

The "10nm" actually has higher density than TSMC's original N7, so it's not exactly right... AMD despite their node advantage stays on par with Intel, this has been going since the original Zen.

"...despite their node advantage..." I hope you're not implying that AMD is the one with the advantages and that AMD should be doing better than they are....it's Intel who is in that exact position, and based upon the the financial resources that Intel has compared to AMD, it's Intel who should be doing a whole lot more than they are....

When talking about "advantage", let's not fool ourselves, because Intel has EVERY advantage AMD does not have....Intel's 2021 R&D budget is $15+ billion dollars while AMD's is only $2 billion, so let's not act like by using TSMC's nodes, it's AMD who has the high ground or anything, because with respect to resources, staff, etc, Intel has every advantage. In fact, considering what an advantage Intel does have, it's even more impressive that AMD has been able to do what they've done.

 

[zmeul]

Why does Cinebench “Your System - OS” list Windows 10 when the UI is clearly Win 11? Something’s fishy

have you even bothered verifying? R23 was built before W11 launch and does not recognize it as W11
here's mine:

Windows 10, 64 Bit, Unknown Edition (161) (build 22621)

 

[dicobalt]

Why does Cinebench “Your System - OS” list Windows 10 when the UI is clearly Win 11? Something’s fishy

It tells me Windows 10 on my Windows 11 install too. I think that means the code is using a deprecated API to query the Windows version.

 

[noel_fs]

what a toaster

 

[JustBenching]

still won't beat the 5800X3D In gaming, but impressive.

What? According to the latest review frm this very site, everything beats the 3d. What are youtalking about?

290W CPU only to beat a stock 7950X by 5%. No, thanks.

And the 7950x needs 350w to beat the 13900k by 5%. So no thanks to that either right?

Its obvious to anyone with a brain that if the 13900k beats it by 5% at 290 it will probably tie it at similar wattage, cause consumption and performance don't scale linearly at all. So unless this was just a fanboy meltdown, you are seriously misnformed.

 

[Hxx]

If intel platform ends up being better and cheaper for the average consumer then am5 will be forced to drop in price to compete . Win win for consumers

 

[Solid State Brain]

The 13900K might likely consume 300W or more with appropriate settings, but the HWInfo screenshot in the article is showing that the true max Vcore for the sample tested was in the 1.25V range.

Package Power is based on VID, but the VID reading is not a measured voltage, just a calculation which can easily be significantly off (either above or under Vcore) depending on motherboard settings.

The motherboard used has readouts from the VRM digital controller which is also showing that voltage was closer to the 1.25V vcore than the 1.37V VID. It also shows 301W into the VRM, 244W out to the CPU. The latter is the actual value used by the CPU; the former takes into account the efficiency of the VRM (not so great at 81%, might depend on the LLC setting used):

 

[pressing on]

what a toaster

Maximum temp of 84C, not really. Now if it was 96C you might have something...

 

[y_zass]

Slots into existing z690 motherboards, unlike zen4 which requires new motherboards + DDR5 only.

Besides, raptor lake will not consume 290W in gaming and everyday tasks. It’s only under all core loads that power consumption and temps will spike. And you can undervolt or cap the turbo ratios to consume less power. I think it’s impressive what intel can do with intel 7… and makes me wonder what intel is cooking up when it ramps intel 4 and 3 to volume production.

People are always exaggerating power consumption. My i5 12500 will pull just under 100w during Cinebench with All-Core/Cache at 4100mhz/4100mhz but while gaming it pulls like 25w lol. People will take the worst case scenario and act like it's normal usage ...

 

[Crackong]

Buy a 13900k(F) double as a space heater, how nice.

 

[nguyen]

13900KF + Z690 + DDR4 is probably the best gaming setup at reasonable price atm

 

[Eskimonster]

I wonder how it performs with a 65w limit, the 7950x at 65w was impressive.

 

[freeagent]

Id hit it