Intel's RaptorLake processors don't hold a commanding lead, but they're an solid value buy for PC builders.
Intel Core i9-13900K MSRP $590.00 Score Details DT Recommended Product “Finally, Intel and AMD are fighting on even footing, and Intel is coming out on top with value.” Pros Cons Intel’s 13th-gen Raptor Lake processors might be the most anticipated PC hardware launch this year. It’s not that the chips are particularly exciting on their own — Intel is already battling AMD on the list of the best processors — but because AMD’s Ryzen 7000 processors were released just a few weeks ago.
The other major change comes in cache. There’s a slight bump to Intel’s Smart Cache , but Intel massively increased the L2 cache. There’s just over double the L2 cache in Raptor Lake that there was in Alder Lake, presumably to strike back at AMD’s gaming prowess with chips like the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Nvidia’s new RTX 4090 is here, which gives even more headroom for the processors to shine. But the RTX 3090 is still a ridiculously powerful GPU .
Previous Next 1 of 2 That doesn’t paint Raptor Lake in the best light, but Geekbench is only one benchmark. In a rendering test like Cinebench, the Core i9-13900K showed a massive 47% jump in the multi-core test and a 14% jump in the single-core test, lending much more credibility to Intel’s performance claims. The binned Core i9-12900KS closes that gap a bit, but the 13th-gen chips are far ahead.
In creative apps, the Core i9-13900K and Core i5-13600K also show their power. Gen-on-gen, the Core i9-13900K provides a 26% boost in Photoshop while the Core i5-13600K offers a 15% jump. You’re looking at similar scaling compared to the AMD competition, as well, with the i9 maintaining an 11% lead and the i5 showing a 5% lead.
Gaming Intel has taken a backseat to AMD in gaming performance, and Raptor Lake isn’t changing that. Although Intel is now back on top in some games, the margins are too small to matter in many cases. Most games are limited by your GPU, so even at 1080p, the 13th-gen chips only show a difference of a few frames in Red Dead Redemption 2, Cyberpunk 2077, and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.
Synthetics tests were a bit more favorable to Intel’s processors, with both Raptor Lake chips and the Core i9-12900K topping the charts in 3DMark Time Spy. The Core i9-13900K wasn’t able to best the Ryzen 9 7950X in Fire Strike, though, falling behind by about 11%. Raptor Lake sees a jump in power, with the i9 and i7 climbing from 241W to 253W, and the i5 going up from 150W to 181W. It sounds like a minor difference, but I spotted a much higher power draw in my testing.
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