Intel Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake CPU for gaming and industrial performance benchmarks leaked, 5% faster than Core i9-12900K on average

The first gaming and synthetic performance benchmarks for the Intel Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake 5.5GHz CPU have been leaked by Extreme Player in Bilibili (via HXL).

Intel Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake is 5% faster than Core i9-12900K Alder Lake on average in leaked gaming benchmarks

Intel Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake CPU tested in Leaked Standards It is a QS sample containing 24 cores and 32 threads in an 8 P-Core and 16 E-Core configuration. The CPU has a total of 36MB of L3 cache and 32MB of L2 cache for 68MB of smart cache. It also comes with a base (PL1) TDP of 125 watts and an MTP of approximately 250 watts.

This chip works around the same base 3.0 GHz and 5.5 GHz boosting clocks we saw in Previous standards by the same leaker. The final chip is expected to have single-core boost clocks of 5.7-5.8GHz although that remains to be seen until the final variant reaches the market.

In terms of performance, we have more detailed gaming and synthetic benchmarks with an Intel Core i9-13900K (5.5GHz) and Core i9-12900K (4.9GHz) processor running at stock frequencies on the Z690 platform with 32GB of DDR5-6400 memory and a GeForce graphics card RTX 3090 Ti. The Core i9-13900K already has a 12.2% clock speed advantage over the Core i9-12900K, so it should be faster by default even if the architecture is the same. The additional boost comes from the increased cache as its size increases over 50% (68MB vs. 44MB).

Intel Raptor Lake Core i9-13900K vs. Alder Lake Core i9-12900K Synthetic Benchmarks (via Extreme Player):

Game performance tested in different titles at 2160p, 1440p and 1080p. The average performance improvement appears to be around 5-10% across all three CPU resolutions: Intel Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake vs Core i9-12900K Alder Lake. There are only a few cases where the chip has shown huge gains. The higher cache and clocks seem to really benefit from the minimum frame rate as it jumps around 25-30% in a few titles like PUBG and Forza Horizon 5 and gains as much as 70-80% in Red Dead Redemption 2.

It was the same with the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D which not only saw average performance rise with the additional 3D cache, but the minimum FPS numbers were also up a bit thanks to the increased cache. It is worth mentioning that Ryzen 7 5800X3D It offered a much larger cache size compared to the Raptor Lake cache (vs Alder Lake CPUs).

Intel Raptor Lake Core i9-13900K vs. Alder Lake Core i9-12900K Gaming Benchmarks (via Extreme Player):

Intel Core i9-13900K vs. Core i9-12900K Full Gaming Benchmark Performance

One interesting comparison made is the power consumption figures where the Intel Core i9-13900K processor consumes up to 52% higher in games than the Core i9-12900K and averages 20% higher power consumption across all three resolutions tested. This means that the next-generation Raptor Lake CPU lineup will be more power hungry than Alder Lake, even in gaming. The average FPS distribution at each resolution is as follows:

• Intel Core i9-13900K vs. Core i9-12900K at 1080p: 4.22% faster performance on average
• Intel Core i9-13900K vs. Core i9-12900K at 1440p: 6.97% faster performance on average
• Intel Core i9-13900K vs. Core i9-12900K at 2160p: 3.30% faster performance on average
• Intel Core i9-13900K vs Core i9-12900K All Res Avg – 4.83% faster

For a minimum FPS, the breakdown at each resolution is as follows:

• Intel Core i9-13900K vs. Core i9-12900K at 1080p: 27.93% faster minimum FPS
• Intel Core i9-13900K vs. Core i9-12900K at 1440p: 21.83% faster minimum FPS
• Intel Core i9-13900K vs. Core i9-12900K at 2160p: 12.82% faster minimum FPS
• Intel Core i9-13900K vs. Average Core i9-12900K All Res Min: 20.86% faster

Finally, we have the maximum FPS rating for each resolution as shown below:

• Intel Core i9-13900K vs Core i9-12900K at 1080p: 6.29% Fastest Max FPS
• Intel Core i9-13900K vs. Core i9-12900K at 1440p: 4.42% Fastest Max FPS
• Intel Core i9-13900K vs. Core i9-12900K at 2160p: 2.58% Fastest Max FPS
• Intel Core i9-13900K vs Core i9-12900K All Res Max Average: 4.43% faster

Here are all these results as compiled by @Harukazi 5719:

Dividing the power consumption figures for each tested resolution, we get the following results for the Intel Core i9-13900K versus the Core i9-12900K:

• Intel Core i9-13900K vs. Core i9-12900K at 1080p: 19.1% increase in energy consumption
• Intel Core i9-13900K vs. Core i9-12900K at 1440p: 19.8% increase in energy consumption
• Intel Core i9-13900K vs. Core i9-12900K at 1440p: 26.2% increase in energy consumption

Intel Raptor Lake Core i9-13900K vs. Alder Lake Core i9-12900K Power Consumption (via Extreme Player):

Comparison of Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake-S & 13th Gen Raptor Lake-S Desktop CPU (Introductory):

The Intel Core i9-13900K processor delivered single-thread performance and 35% faster on average versus the Core i9-12900K in previously leaked benchmarks. Overall, it looks like the CPU will be faster than the Ryzen 9 7950X for workload-specific tasks while being on par with gaming standards. But with the launch of its AMD Ryzen 7000 3D V-Cache Chips Based on the same Zen 4 core architecture later this year, Intel’s gaming crown, if they can get it from Zen 4, will be short-lived.

Intel 13th Generation Desktop CPUs from Raptor Lake Including the flagship Core i9-13900K is is expected It will be launched in October on the Z790 platform. CPUs will go against AMD’s Ryzen 7000 CPU lineup Which also launches in the fall of 2022.