The supposed Core i9 13900K, top of the line of the awaited 13th generation Intel Raptor Lake, was found in the Ashes of the Singularity game database, reinforcing that the new family of chips of the blue team must have as one of the main news the increase in core count. It’s still too early to judge performance, especially considering the lack of identification, but the appearance indicates that development is active and at an advanced stage.
Core i9 13900K is spotted with 24 cores and 32 threads
In the result found by the site WCCFTech, the processor is not yet identified, with only the name “Intel Genuine 0000”, which suggests that it is a test unit that is still poorly optimized. Still, the numbers are quite promising — at the minimum preset, at 1080P, with 32GB of RAM and RTX 3090 GPU, the CPU was able to hit 13,400 points.
The numbers are still below the Core i9 12900K, something to be expected considering that improvements will still be made until launch, but they manage to outperform the Ryzen 9 5950X, which hits 11,400 points, by around 18%. The level of performance is consistent with that seen in a previous leak, where the 13900K sits between its 12th-gen sibling Alder Lake and rival in the Ryzen 5000 lineup.
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One of the main reasons for the gains would be the increase in the total number of cores, which would now increase to 24, with 8 high-performance P-Cores with Hyper-Threading and 16 low-power E-Cores, twice as much as the previous generation, offering in this way 32 threads. The game also records that the component has 32 cores, possibly due to the lack of support.
That said, there are multiple variables involved in the Ashes of the Singularity test, which does not always accurately represent the level of hardware performance found in the benchmark. Still, everything indicates that the Raptor Lake chips will be able to bring notable improvements after the optimizations and, if Intel’s hybrid strategy continues to gain support, offer performance at least competitive with the Ryzen 7000, already expected to bring a huge evolution to Intel’s processors. OMG.
Chips debut this year with more cache and new cores
Intel has yet to reveal details about the 13th generation Raptor Lake, but rumors indicate that the new lineup should arrive as an upgrade to the Alder Lake processors, employing more cache, new P-Cores, refined lithography and higher clocks, in addition to the increased of the number of E-Colors. The first big change would be in the high-performance cores, which would adopt the name Raptor Cove, reworked to increase the capacity of instructions per clock (IPC).
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These cores would also employ a refined version of Intel 7, the company’s 10nm manufacturing process, and push even higher the already very high clocks of their predecessors. Another important novelty would be the increase in the cache, which would increase to a total of 68 MB, against 44 MB for the Alder Lake chips, an increase of 55% that would have a great impact on games.
The new chips would also maintain compatibility with DDR4 RAM, and would still use the LGA1700 socket, thus allowing 12th generation users to upgrade without major difficulties. The 13th generation Raptor Lake is expected to arrive in late 2022, possibly in October, the same debut window as its predecessors.
