INTEL CORE I9-13900KF 3 GHZ 24-CORE LGA 1700 13TH PROCESSOR

INTEL CORE I9-13900KF 3 GHZ 24-CORE LGA 1700 13TH PROCESSOR

 The Intel Core I9-13900KF 3 GHz 24-Core LGA 1700 Processor. This 13th Generation Desktop Processor Builds Upon The Hybrid Core Architecture And Intel 7 Process By Fitting 24 Cores— Eight More Than The Previous Generation— Onto A Single Processor While Still Fitting The LGA 1700 Socket. Designed To Provide Exceptional Performance, The intel Core I9-13900KF Features 16 Low-Voltage Efficient-Cores That Handle Background Tasks For Multitasking While The Eight 3 GHz Performance-Cores Provide Speed For Demanding Applications And Games. The Built-In Intel Thread Director Ensures That The Two Work Seamlessly Together By Dynamically And Intelligently Assigning Workloads To The Right Core At The Right Time.

With 32MB Of Cache And A 5.7 GHz Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Frequency That Can Be Pushed Higher With Thermal Velocity Boost And Adaptive Boost Technologies, This Intel Core I9-13900KF Processor Is Made To Handle Almost Any Workload. You Can Overclock This Intel Core I9-13900KF Processor For Even Greater Performance. The Intel Core I9-13900KF Also Supports PCI Express 5.0 And Dual-Channel DDR5 Memory At 5600 MHz.

INTEL CORE I9-13900KF Processor Review

Intel has taken the single-thread spoils in an interesting high-end processor clash on PassMark. The site now has entries for many Raptor Lake and Zen 4 parts, and on the surface, it appears that the Intel Core i9-13900KF is the chip to beat. But while the i9-13900KF easily snagged the single-thread crown, the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X still packs multiple benefits. It’s a not unfamiliar scenario: Intel processor manages to be the best performer in single-thread or single-core testing but lags behind an AMD part when it comes to multi-testing. However, Team Blue has closed that latter gap in recent years, especially thanks to the adoption of a hybrid microarchitecture. Team Red has focused heavily on upgrading the GPU part of its processor offerings but also hasn’t forgotten how to tweak those multiple CPU cores, as has been revealed in a recent Intel Core i9-13900KF vs. AMD Ryzen 9 7950X PassMark-based showdown.

So, like many times before with the most-premium chips from Team Blue, the Intel Core i9-13900KF shows some serious single-thread performance by churning out 4,844 points on PassMark (based on two samples; high margin for error). The 24-core, 32-thread processor is recorded with a 125 W TDP up to 253 W with its 8x performance cores hitting up to 5.8 GHz. The result places the Raptor Lake chip +1.15% ahead of the i9-13900K, +9.92% ahead of the previous-generation i9-12900KS, and a whole +11.74% beyond the 4,335-mark produced by the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. The i9-13900KF is the fastest chip here and apparently everyone else can go home.

Not exactly, because the Raptor Lake vs. Zen 4 benchmark leak contest has already demonstrated how much comparing recent Intel parts with AMD APUs is becoming more of apples vs. oranges situation. The unlocked i9-13900KF is clearly a terrific processor, with its CPU test score of 64,273 points only a paltry -0.028% behind that of the Ryzen 9 7950X (64,291). Also, the suggested retail price of US$564 for the Intel part is much cheaper than the recommended one for the Ryzen 7000 processor, and it uses the same LGA 1700 socket as Alder Lake while Zen 4 requires new AM5 motherboards. Yet, the Ryzen 9 7950X is still not especially a hard sell here.

For instance, the Raphael chip sports an RDNA 2-based graphics solution for a start while the Intel Core i9-13900KF requires a discrete graphics card. In addition to that built-in perk, the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X has a TDP of 170 W (lower than the TDP up of the Intel part despite having an iGPU that also requires power), and even though it has fewer cores than the i9-13900KF, they can clearly take better advantage of their respective architecture. The Intel processor scores 64,273 with 24 cores (8x performance, 16x efficient) while the AMD chip accrues 64,291 with 16 cores. The “best processor” notion is no longer a simple Intel vs. AMD run-off; it boils down to the most-important usage scenario for the individual consumer: master of one or jack of all trades.