Review: Intel Raptor Lake i9-13900K and i5-13600K

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The last word:

Without being a revolution, Raptor Lake does well and manages to take the lead over the Ryzen 7000 but not in a crushing way as was the case with Alder Lake. The Ryzen 9 7950X holds its own against the i9-13900K in some tasks that require the use of all the cores of each processor. However, if you want to get into 3DMark benchmarking, then the i9-13900K is definitely the one to buy.

Intel has finally made the most of this hybrid architecture (P-Core and E-Core) and to say the least, it has proven to be very effective. Now, as with AMD, the top of the range consumes a lot of power and we will have to take this into account in this period. We take this opportunity to tell you that the next few days will be dedicated to the Ryzen 7600X vs Intel i5-13600K gaming match. We also propose a report dedicated to the optimization of the i9-13900K in order to reduce its power consumption and its temperature but also for the Ryzen 9 7950X.

Advantage for Intel in terms of price ?

Finally, the price of the i9-13900K and i5-13600K seems more aggressive than the Ryzen 9 7950X($799) and Ryzen 5 7600X($299). Another significant advantage is that these two processors will be compatible with motherboards of the previous generation that also have a LGA-1700 socket. So you won’t have to invest in a new motherboard or DDR5 if you already have one. Pre-sales of Raptor Lake suggest a price of $799 for the i9-13900K and $379 for the i5-13600K. Of course, the 13600K is more expensive than the 7600X but its performance is much better and even exceeds that of the Ryzen 7 7700X priced at $399. The i5-13600K is therefore a very interesting processor that should have a natural success.

As you read this article, we are busy testing these two Raptor Lakes under liquid nitrogen! We will of course keep you informed in an article of the performances we obtained!