Gigabyte Publishes Specs for All 13th-Gen Intel Core CPUs

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23 new CPUs for desktops incoming.

Core i9-13900K QS tested
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Intel plans to start sales of its first six 13th Generation Core 'Raptor Lake' processors for desktops next week with unlocked multipliers aimed at enthusiasts (and expected to join the ranks of the best CPUs for gaming). But the whole 13th Generation Core family for desktops will undoubtedly be significantly broader. It will include 23 models comprising both Raptor Lake and Alder Lake silicon. 

Intel has yet to unveil its whole family of 13th Generation Core processors formally, but Gigabyte has already published some of their specifications (including base frequencies, cache sizes, wattage, and stepping) in its Z790 Aorus Master CPU support list found by @momomo_us.

List of Intel's 13th Generation Core CPUs

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ModelBase ClockL3 CachePBPSiliconStepping
Core i9-13900K/KF3.0 GHz36 MB125WRPL B0Raptor Lake
Core i9-13900/F2.0 GHz36 MB65WRPL B0Raptor Lake
Core i9-13900T1.10 GHz36 MB35WRPL B0Raptor Lake
Core i7-13700K/KF3.40 GHz30 MB125WRPL B0Raptor Lake
Core i7-13700/F2.10 GHz30 MB65WRPL B0Raptor Lake
Core i7-13700T1.40 GHz30 MB35WRPL B0Raptor Lake
Core i5-13600K/KF3.50 GHz24 MB125WRPL B0Raptor Lake
Core i5-136002.70 GHz24 MB65WADL C0Alder Lake
Core i5-13600T1.80 GHz24 MB35WADL C0Alder Lake
Core i5-135002.50 GHz24 MB65WADL C0Alder Lake
Core i5-13500T1.60 GHz24 MB35WADL C0Alder Lake
Core i5-13400/F2.50 GHz20 MB65WRPL B0 | ADL C0Alder Lake | Raptor Lake
Core i5-13400T1.30 GHz20 MB35WADL C0Alder Lake
Core i3-13100/F3.40 GHz12 MB60W/58WADL H0Alder Lake
Core i3-13100T2.50 GHz12MB35WADL H0Alder Lake

In general, Intel's 13th Generation Core lineup for desktop PCs will consist of 23 SKUs. 13 models will use Raptor Lake B0 silicon (including the limited edition Core i9-13900KS processor), two processors will concurrently use Raptor Lake B0 or Alder Lake C0 dies, whereas the remaining two SKUs will use Alder Lake C0 or Alder Lake H0 stepping dies.

Seven 13th Gen Core processors aimed at enthusiast desktops will exclusively use Raptor Lake silicon and come with a processor base power (PBP) of 125W. The family will also include ten mainstream SKUs with a 58W – 65W PBP and six low-power models with a 35W PBP for compact desktops. 

Unfortunately, Gigabyte did not reveal the core counts of the upcoming 13th Generation CPUs. Still, we can certainly make some educated guesses based on our knowledge of what dies Intel plans to use for these products.  

While we know model numbers, basic specifications of Intel's 13th Generation Core processors and the availability date of the first six Raptor Lake CPUs (next week), we still have no idea when the remaining models from the flock will be released. 

(Image credit: Gigabyte)
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21 Comments Comment from the forums
  • -Fran-
    Hm... I don't remember Intel rebranding the Core i line before, so is this the first time they've done it?

    As long as these "lower" SKU units based on Alder Lake perform better than the ones they're replacing, it shouldn't be a big deal anyway. Not like they're missing on specific tech Raptor Lake S brings, right?

    Same price and more perfomance should be really good for value, so bring it on. Unless I'm missing something? xD

    Regards.
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  • pclaughton
    Is the 13400 split along regular/F lines, or are you just rolling the dice if you buy one?
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  • -Fran-
    DavidMV said:
    The biggest change is Raptor Lake has 60% more L2 cache of on the P Cores and double the L2 cache on the E-Cores. That might be a big deal for things likes games. Kind of wish all the i5s were Raptor Lake cores instead of Alder Lake cores.
    I don't disagree, but that will be easy to test by disabling the E-cores in a 13600K can capping clocks, so we'll know how bad the "hit" will be on the lower SKUs to a theoretical RL part.

    Plus, there's a chance the 13400 will have the same P-cores from RL, but as @pclaughton asked, other than looking at the L2 cache, I have no idea how to discriminate.

    Regards.
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  • DavidLejdar
    So far it seems that I will be going AMD for my new rig and CPU, with the issue coming down in the first place to the motherboards on offer. For someone an Intel chipset motherboard may be a better choice, as some of them still support DDR4, and someone may want to reuse their DDR4. My old rig still has DDR3 though, so about time to upgrade that I think, and while I am at it I may as well get ready for PCIe 5.0 SSD.

    But e.g. the Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX (supporting Intel Core 12th and 13th gen CPUs) has only PCIe 4.0 NVMe slots. And the cheapest Z790 I have seen so far with at least one PCIe 5.0 there, that is Asus ROG Strix Z790-I Gaming-WiFi, at over 600. And that is around 400 difference I could use on going for a higher CPU-tier with AMD instead.

    Not in a rush though, as some more motherboards will likely be released in the near future. But not really meaning to wait until Meteor Lake comes around.
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  • cyrusfox
    DavidLejdar said:
    may as well get ready for PCIe 5.0 SSD.
    Why? Going from PCIE gen 4 to Gen 5 might mean someday 8GB/s vs 16GB/s, and this will only ever be a potential sequential throughput benefit. It doesn't improve the latency or controller overhead(Random IO does not care if gen 3 or gen 5). On my gen 4 drives or even gen 3 they live at sub SATA 3.0 speeds and with Optane circling the drain I don't foresee storage utilizing gen 5 pcie anytime soon(CXL perhaps???). GPU's like the 4090 though may need all those x16 lanes. Seems strange to require a feature not currently in use with little promise on the horizon of its use to be fulfilled.

    Don't overpay for the Mobo, get the cheapest Mobo that has the IO you need and the power delivery your CPU requires (Using a Z690 $130 board myself)
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  • cyrusfox said:
    Why? Going from PCIE gen 4 to Gen 5 might mean someday 8GB/s vs 16GB/s, and this will only ever be a potential sequential throughput benefit. It doesn't improve the latency or controller overhead(Random IO does not care if gen 3 or gen 5). On my gen 4 drives or even gen 3 they live at sub SATA 3.0 speeds and with Optane circling the drain I don't foresee storage utilizing gen 5 pcie anytime soon(CXL perhaps???). GPU's like the 4090 though may need all those x16 lanes. Seems strange to require a feature not currently in use with little promise on the horizon of its use to be fulfilled.

    Don't overpay for the Mobo, get the cheapest Mobo that has the IO you need and the power delivery your CPU requires (Using a Z690 $130 board myself)
    This is a good advice. Trying to future proof is a complete waste of time and money. Figure out what you need and buy only that.
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  • bit_user
    cyrusfox said:
    I don't foresee storage utilizing gen 5 pcie anytime soon(CXL perhaps???).
    CXL 1.x runs at PCIe 5.0 speeds and reuses the PHY layer, but it's a different protocol. Currently, there are no plans to have it on desktop platforms.

    cyrusfox said:
    Don't overpay for the Mobo, get the cheapest Mobo that has the IO you need and the power delivery your CPU requires
    I pay more for reliability & stability. So, I look at user reviews and try to take this into account, as well.
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  • Sleepy_Hollowed
    Thanks for the info.

    Aside from the tiny cache, this is a surprising TDP on the label, considering that it WILL absolutely use as much or more power than the 12th gen.

    I would absolutely not get one until the power benchmarks are released for multiple operating systems (windows and linux).
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  • TerryLaze
    Sleepy_Hollowed said:
    Thanks for the info.

    Aside from the tiny cache, this is a surprising TDP on the label, considering that it WILL absolutely use as much or more power than the 12th gen.

    I would absolutely not get one until the power benchmarks are released for multiple operating systems (windows and linux).
    It's not the TDP that they state because you can cheat your way all the way around any power number by changing the thermals.
    This PBP is a cut off point meaning the CPU can go up to but never exceed this level as long as the bios is setup to follow PBP.

    This is the processor base power that will give you, at least, the stated clocks if stated power and cooling is supplied.

    They will use as much if not more as alder if you go with the max turbo setting or outright disable any power limit altogether.
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  • TCA_ChinChin
    Really interested in the i7-13700 non-k (and other non-k Raptor Lake models). The price to performance and performance to power metrics of Intel this arch seems pretty good relative to AMD. Excited to see final prices and platform costs for the launch later this year and if AMD will reduce prices for the AM5 platform once Raptor Lake is released.
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