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

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Cinebench, Geekbench and CPUZ benchmarks:

Let’s start with an essential processor benchmark, the Cinebench series. We chose Cinebench R15, the R20 version, which is also more and more used and finally Cinebench R23, the latest one. The scores will be given in Single core and Multi core. This means that the benchmark tests the performance on one of the processor’s cores and then on all the available cores.

To do this, we will use Benchmate which has just been updated to version 10.11.2 and can be downloaded here. The advantage of Benchmate is that it already contains a whole series of benchmarks and moreover, it is recognized and certified when you want to encode your results on the Hwbot site.

Cinebench R15 Single Core and Multi Core:

A benchmark that is very much used by overclockers in order to compare the performance of the processors between them. It also allows you to judge the optimizations of your OS as well as your memory kit by setting a frequency and trying to score a maximum of points. Even if it is less used today with the arrival of R20 and R23, it remains a reference to compare CPUs between them since it is one of the first benchmarks used by the community. First benchmark, indeed not so young anymore, and the advantage remains with the two Ryzen 7900X and 7950X even if the gaps are quite small. We can judge the improvement against the 12900K as well as the performance of the 13600K which matches this processor. In multi-threaded mode, the results are slightly different and this is logical. It is mainly the total number of cores that will determine the score as well as their frequency. The 7950X still has the edge by a small margin thanks to its 16 cores (performance) compared to the combination of 8 P-cores and 16 E-cores of our 13900K. The 13600K becomes the most powerful six-core processor, even surpassing eight-core models.

Cinebench R20 Single Core and Multi Core :

Cinebench R20 offers similar tests to the R15 version with SingleThread and MultiThread. Freshly landed in March 2019, it offers a more complex benchmark than the R15 version which had become a bit too easy for CPUs with many cores. Cinebench R20 requires eight times more computing power than the R15 version, and four times more memory. It can already be more like a stress benchmark since it forces your CPU to be stable for the duration of the bench. Cinebench R20 is more recent and is more beneficial to the Raptor Lakes, which are in the top five places with the 13900K taking a large lead over the 7950X here.

In multi-core, it’s the number of cores that speaks for itself once again, even if here it’s the 13900K that takes the first place by a short head. Let’s also note the excellent performance of our i5-13600K.

Cinebench R23 Single Core and Multi Core :

How does this new version differ from the previous ones? First of all, it is more realistic when it comes to the score obtained depending on the processor used. As a reminder, Cinebench only tests the capabilities of your processor in single-thread or multi-thread. But the main difference is to propose a benchmark which by default will last 10 minutes! The idea for MAXON with Cinebench R23 is to propose a benchmark that will allow a certain stability in terms of temperature and boost frequencies. We will test here the fast version.

The Cinebench are similar but with the i9-13900K widening the gap leaving the Ryzen 7950X at 188 points. The i5-13600K competes with the 12900K and falls one point short of a perfect tie.

In multi, we don’t change the profile of the graphics with a breathtaking score of the Raptor Lake 13900K which becomes the first processor to pass the 40K mark in Cinebench R23.

Geekbench 3.4.4 Single Core and Multi Core:

This is a benchmark available in several revisions, version 5 is in fact increasingly used in recent months and is in fact often used for CPU performance leaks. It allows to obtain two scores: one in single core and the other in multi core. The version used for the tests is 3.4.4 and 5.2.5. Attention, in order to take full advantage of these two benchmarks, a license is necessary and we realize the bench in 64-bit.

The trend we have noticed in Cinebench is not quite confirmed in Geek Bench 3 since the 4 Ryzen 7000 get the best scores in single core, which is quite surprising. In the multi-core version, it is once again the two high-end processors from AMD and Intel that are in confrontation to take the first place with the advantage to the Ryzen 7950X.

GeekBench 5.2.5 Single Core and Multi Core:

The latest version of the GeekBench software, it is increasingly widespread and used by journalists. It allows, like the version above, to do memory and processor performance tests. We decided to add this additional benchmark but why? The CPU benchmark uses new tests that more closely simulate the tasks that processors face with recent applications. Geekbench 5 also increases the memory used in the benchmark to better reflect the impact of this parameter on the CPU results.

Doesn’t it seem like déjà vu? Here the Ryzen 7000s are once again at the top of the ranking with our 13900K climbing one place above the 7600X.

In multi-threaded mode, it’s an almost perfect copy of the results under Geekbench 3, except that our 13900K takes the gold medal. Let’s note that the 13600K is a bit more behind the 12900K.

CPU-Z 17.01.64 Benchmark in Single Thread and Multi Thread:

New benchmark that we have just added since it is more and more used by the brands in order to put forward the performances of the processor. To use it, nothing could be easier, just download the latest version of CPU-Z which is currently version 2.0.2. Then go to the “Bench” tab to check the performance in single and multi thread. The version of the benchmark that we used is 17.01.64.

In this benchmark that we have just added for the Ryzen 7000 test, our two Raptor Lakes take the first two places. Finally, we find a table that respects the number of cores and the most recent generations of processors. This series of tests allows us to see that Intel’s new flagship, the 13900K, does not crush everything in its path, as was the case with the arrival of the 12900K. The Ryzen 7950X holds the bar and competes without difficulty with it according to the benchmark. When the 13900KS arrives, the graphics may change a bit since it will reach 6 GHz on one or two cores.