Intel 13th Gen CPUs by Landon A. Opipari
Intel has released its new processors for the year. It comes on the same sized 10 nm silicon as last year’s models. This makes the CPUs compatible with Alder Lake motherboards.
The new Raptor Lake range has a focus on the efficiency cores (E core), which was introduced on last year’s models. These are slower, less powerful cores that take care of background processes. These work in tandem with the Power cores (P cores), to help the CPU complete complex processes more reliably than previous generations.
The I5, I7 have 8 E cores, with 16 E cores for the I9. This is in addition to their base core count of the I5’s 6 and I7 and I9’s 8, respectively.
The overclocking speeds are class leading, reaching up to 8 Ghz per core on the I9. This is in an unrealistic set up involving a liquid nitrogen cooler. No other processor can reach these speeds, as the main rival, AMD, only reaches 7.2 GHz per core.
Energy consumption has remained the same this generation, with 125w being the average on stock clock speeds. This is different from AMD’s Ryzen 7000 series, which has gone up from last generation.
There are additional benefits to using these new CPUs on Windows 11. As intel’s website states: “Intel® Thread Director sends the right workload to the right core at the right time. It helps prioritize and manage the distribution of workloads, sending tasks to the most optimized thread. This feature is on by default and works in tandem with the operating system for intelligent workload distribution. To get the full capabilities of Intel Thread Director, pair a select 13th Gen Intel® Core™ desktop processor with Windows 112” (intel.com)
This tells that for average use, there is a more intelligent processor, with better performance.
These processors were released on October 20th. They all kept the same pricing as last generation models. The exception is the low end I3, which has increased by $30. They beat out AMD’s ryzen in pricing for the I9 compared to the 7950X.
As the years progress, microprocessor engineering gets more advanced. This grants customers a better experience with their software, as more can be done with it. These new processors aren’t on a new architecture, but they reshape the current 7 nm silicon in a significant way.
The new Raptor Lake range has a focus on the efficiency cores (E core), which was introduced on last year’s models. These are slower, less powerful cores that take care of background processes. These work in tandem with the Power cores (P cores), to help the CPU complete complex processes more reliably than previous generations.
The I5, I7 have 8 E cores, with 16 E cores for the I9. This is in addition to their base core count of the I5’s 6 and I7 and I9’s 8, respectively.
The overclocking speeds are class leading, reaching up to 8 Ghz per core on the I9. This is in an unrealistic set up involving a liquid nitrogen cooler. No other processor can reach these speeds, as the main rival, AMD, only reaches 7.2 GHz per core.
Energy consumption has remained the same this generation, with 125w being the average on stock clock speeds. This is different from AMD’s Ryzen 7000 series, which has gone up from last generation.
There are additional benefits to using these new CPUs on Windows 11. As intel’s website states: “Intel® Thread Director sends the right workload to the right core at the right time. It helps prioritize and manage the distribution of workloads, sending tasks to the most optimized thread. This feature is on by default and works in tandem with the operating system for intelligent workload distribution. To get the full capabilities of Intel Thread Director, pair a select 13th Gen Intel® Core™ desktop processor with Windows 112” (intel.com)
This tells that for average use, there is a more intelligent processor, with better performance.
These processors were released on October 20th. They all kept the same pricing as last generation models. The exception is the low end I3, which has increased by $30. They beat out AMD’s ryzen in pricing for the I9 compared to the 7950X.
As the years progress, microprocessor engineering gets more advanced. This grants customers a better experience with their software, as more can be done with it. These new processors aren’t on a new architecture, but they reshape the current 7 nm silicon in a significant way.