Intel’s Raptor Lake CPUs launched last 20^th of October 2022

Last updated on November 10, 2022

Intel has recently announced its 13^th Generation Core processors codenamed “Raptor Lake“. The new CPUs were released the 20^th of October 2022 and we have included their specifications into EatYourBytes’s database.

These new CPUs use the FCLGA1700 socket introduced with the 12^th Generation Intel Core “Alder Lake” processors. It means that many of the motherboard compatible with the Alder Lake generation should be able to support the Raptor Lake CPUs after a BIOS update. Intel has also announced new chipsets for the Raptor Lake platform: Z790, H770, B760 with up to 20 PCIe 4.0 lanes and eight PCIe 3.0 lanes.

The size of the Raptor Lake CPUs level 2 caches have been increased in comparison to those of the previous generation. Each “Performance Core” (or P-Core) will have 2 MB of L2 Cache instead of 1.25 MB while the “Efficiency Cores” (or E-Core) now share 4 MB of L2 Cache instead of 2 MB per block of 4 E-Cores. The number of E-Cores has also been increased from 8 to 16 for the 13th Generation Intel Core i9 Processors.

The Raptor Lake CPUs now officially support the 5600 MT/s DDR5 RAM standard for high-end configurations and still support the 3200 MT/s DDR4 RAM for cheaper systems. The Raptor Lake architecture improvements allow for higher frequencies while maintaining the same TDP levels as their  Alder Lake predecessors. Intel claims the new 13^th Generation processors have up to 15% single-threaded performance gain and up to 41% multi-threaded performance gain ahead of their Alder Lake counterparts.

These processors will compete with the AMD Zen 4 CPUs that have been released last Septembre 2022. You can access the detailed specifications of the following CPUs by clicking on their name:

• • Intel Core i5-13600K with 14 Cores/20 Threads and a boost frequency up to 5.1 GHz.
  • Intel Core i5-13600KF with 14 Cores/20 Threads and a boost frequency up to 5.1 GHz.
  • Intel Core i7-13700K with 16 Cores/24 Threads and a boost frequency up to 5.4 GHz.
  • Intel Core i7-13700KF with 16 Cores/24 Threads and a boost frequency up to 5.4 GHz.
  • Intel Core i9-13900K with 24 Cores/32 Threads and a boost frequency up to 5.8 GHz.
  • Intel Core i9-13900KF with 24 Cores/32 Threads and a boost frequency up to 5.8 GHz.