Intel's China-exclusive 13th Gen "Dark SKUs" See Price Cuts

[btarunr]

Intel in February launched a couple of China-exclusive 13th Gen Core SKUs to highly optimize their price-performance for the PC gaming crowd there. These included the Core i5-13490F (6P+4E but with 24 MB L3 cache), and Core i7-13790F (8P+8E but with 33 MB L3 cache). In the wake of increased competition from AMD with its non-X Ryzen 5 7600, Ryzen 7 7700, and price-adjustments for its 7600X and 7700X, Intel is giving these SKUs slight price cuts. The i5-13490F launched at ¥1,599 (roughly $230), but is now retailing for ¥1,499 (roughly $200). There's no word on if these SKUs will launch outside China. The idea behind them is to increase the L3 cache sizes without touching the core-counts or clock-speeds, to improve cache-sensitive gaming performance. These chips are packaged in special "dark" retail boxes as shown below.



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[Jack1n]

I guess I should keep buying AMD if I want these released in the Western market.

 

[Space Lynx]

begun, the Dark SKU's have -

 

[KrazyT]

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These chips are packaged in special "dark" retail boxes as shown below.

No, it's just a black and white image

Joke aside, +3 MB L3 cache, I really wonder how much it adds to the benchs score ?

 

[ExcuseMeWtf]

Black i3 could be a neat budget option, if it existed

 

[AnarchoPrimitiv]

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No, it's just a black and white image

Joke aside, +3 MB L3 cache, I really wonder how much it adds to the benchs score ?

Yeah, if AMD adds 64MB to get around 20% improvements, then 3MB adds around 0.96% improvements if it scales linearly, obviously that's not how it works, but still I'd be surprised if a user can even perceive the difference.

On another note, first chiplets, now adding L3 cache, is AMD just Intel's R&D department?

 

[AusWolf]

While most of you guys are discussing the products themselves, here I am, trying to figure out how to say "13490F" and "13790F". Thirteen-four-nine... ah... damn it!

 

[Tomorrow]

So Intel has gone so "budget brand" now that they are literally copying AMD Black Edition marketing?

 

[Luke357]

Black i3 could be a neat budget option, if it existed

I could see a black edition i3 with 4P and 4E cores. That would make for an excellent budget chip for gaming.