Netizens in China have published some eyebrows screenshots claiming to be from a system with an Intel Core i5-13600K processor.Enthusiastic citizen Bilibili Post Shows that a suitable CPU for this midrange overclocker can offer enthusiasts an attractive price and performance combination. This chip outperforms AMD’s Ryzen 9 5950X on CPU-Z (1T and nT tests) and is only 7-8% slower on the Cinebench R23 multi-core benchmark.
According to the linked post above, the Raptor Lake chip under scrutiny is an ES3 (engineering sample, 3rd revision), but consists of a QS (certified sample) clock. Enthusiastic citizens say he also has a real QS chip, but sharing the benchmark is “premature” and various improvements before Intel and its board partners share it further. Waiting to do
The main specifications of the Intel Core i5-13600K are a core configuration of 6 performance cores and 8 efficiency cores for 20 processing threads, a 5.1 GHz all-core turbo, and a 24 MB L3 cache. Unfortunately, according to testers, this processor consumed up to 173W at 1.31V, leaving “room for optimization”.
Check out the latest comparison table below to get a clear picture of the shared performance statistics and to get an overview of them. Comparison data for all other CPUs was taken from the Core i9 12900K review.
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Core i5-13600K |
Core i5-12600K |
Core i9-12900K |
Ryzen 9 5950X |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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CPU-Z 1T |
830 |
753 |
803 |
684 |
|
CPU-Z nT |
10,032 |
6,692 |
10,921 |
12,078 |
|
CB23 1T |
1,387 |
1,886 |
1,965 |
1,652 |
|
CB23 nT |
24,420 |
17,161 |
27,287 |
26,271 |
Cinebench R23 single thread issue
Above, there are some clear and simple conclusions that can be drawn from the numbers. But before moving on, enthusiastic citizens think there may be a BIOS bug that prevents the 13600K. The screenshot does not show the motherboard details, but it is said that the “early Z790” motherboard may have failed and the Cinebench R23 single thread score may be unexpectedly low. Perhaps the software used the efficiency core for this test. This is a basic error of unknown silicon.
Discounting the Cinebench 23 single-threaded score, the multi-threaded score is very impressive. It arrives about 30% faster than its predecessor. Also, the performance difference with AMD Ryzen 9950X is within an order of magnitude.
The CPU-Z score is probably clearer to interpret because it doesn’t seem to have a “BIOS problem”. The Raptor Lake chip has the highest single-threaded score in this synthetic test, and its multi-threaded test results are right next to the original Alder Lake flagship (i9-12900K).
Finally, in a subsequent comment on the benchmark score shared above, Enthusiastic Citizen states that he plans to test the QS chip in the game.
Over the past few days, we have reported on multiple leaked benchmarks for the Intel Core i9-13900K, covering both applications and games.
