Intel’s 13th Gen Raptor Lake family has several members among the best CPUs and will welcome two new members soon. Unfortunately the Core i5-13490F and Core i7-13790F may not be available in the US market.Both Chips Are Already Appearing Intel documentation (opens in new tab)however, they haven’t found their way into Intel’s ARK database, so the release date is still TBD.
Along with Alder Lake, Intel released the Core i5-12490F, a ‘Black Edition’ gaming processor exclusive to the Chinese market. The Core i5-13490F is the direct successor to the Core i5-12490F, but the Core i7-12790F didn’t exist, so the Core i7-13790F is a new addition. However, just like the Core i5-12490F, the Core i5-13490F and Core i7-13790F could be “black edition” chips. That’s because it comes in a black box and Intel doesn’t include the stock cooler, as opposed to the typical blue Intel box. Additionally, the F-series chips, Core i5-13490F and Core i7-13790F, do not have integrated graphics and must be paired with a discrete graphics card.
The Core i5-12490F was just a way for Intel to maximize profits from silicon production. Simply put, the chipmaker made his two dies for Alder Lake, he C0 (8P+8E) and H0 (6P+0E). Intel uses the former for higher-tier chips, including the Core i9 and Core i7 SKUs, and the latter for lower-tier chips, such as the Core i5 and Core i3 SKUs. However, his SKUs on the lower tiers have the advantage of using either silicon, allowing chip makers to reuse C0 dies that don’t meet upper tier standards for lower tiers. So it’s very likely that the Core i5-13490F and Core i7-13790F are the result of Intel’s recycling efforts.
Core i5-13490F, Core i7-13790F Specifications
| processor | core/thread | P core / E core | P-Core Base/Boost (GHz) | E-Core Base/Boost (GHz) | L3 Cache (MB) | PBP/MTP (W) | order code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core i7-13790F* | ? / ? | ? / ? | ? / ? | ? / ? | ? / ? | 65 / ? | BXC8071513740F |
| Core i7-13700F | 16/24 | 8/8 | 2.1/5.2 | 1.4/4.1 | twenty four | 65/219 | BXC8071513700F |
| Core i5-13490F* | 10/16 | 6/4 | ?/4.8 | ? / ? | twenty four | 65 / ? | BXC8071513790F |
| Core i5-13400F | 10/16 | 6/4 | 2.5/4.6 | 1.8/3.3 | 20 | 65 / 148 | BXC8071513400F |
| Core i5-12490F | 6/12 | 6/0 | 3.0/4.6 | none | 20 | 65/117 | BXC8071512490F |
| Core i5-12400F | 6/12 | 6/0 | 2.5/4.4 | none | 18 | 65/117 | BXC8071512400F |
*Specifications are unconfirmed.
Twitter user wxnod (opens in new tab) shared the alleged specs of the Core i5-13490F, which appears to have undergone a major upgrade. According to the leaked CPU-Z screenshot, the Core i5-13490F is configured with 10 cores and 16 threads. It has the same configuration as the regular Core i5-13400F and is proven to offer performance similar to the previous generation Core i5-12600K.
The Core i5-13490F uses 6 P cores and 4 E cores, so the most important difference between it and its predecessor is the 4 additional E cores. Additionally, the CPU-Z screenshot shows the chip with a 4.8 GHz boost clock for P cores. That’s a 200 MHz improvement over the Core i5-12490F and Core i5-13400F.
The Core i5-12490F had more L3 cache than the Core i5-12400F. The Core i5-13490F and Core i5-13400F follow a similar trend, but are slightly more expensive to upgrade. The Core i5-12490F is 2MB more than the Core i5-12400F. However, the Core i5-13490F’s L3 cache is 4MB larger than the Core i5-12490F, putting it on par with the Core i7-13700F.
Not belonging to the K-series tier, the Core i5-13490F and Core i7-13790F have a PBP of 65W. However, the MTP is unknown. However, since the previous Core i5-12490F and Core i5-12400F have the same 117W MTP, it’s no surprise that the Core i5-13490F could share the same 148W MTP as the Core i5-13400F.
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The Core i5-13490F scored 779.7 points in the single-core test and 6,834.5 points in the multi-core test. For comparison, Core i5-13400F (via) note check (opens in new tab)) scored 729.1 and 6540 points in the single-core and multi-core tests, respectively. That means the Core i5-13490F has 6.9% more single-core performance and $4.5 more multi-core performance than the Core i5-13400F.
On the other hand, the Core i5-12490F has a single core score of 700 points and a multi-core score of 4,653 points. As a result, the Core i5-13490F outperformed the Core i5-12490F by 11.4% in single-core performance. Additionally, the Core i5-13490F was up to 46.9% faster in terms of multi-core performance.
Leaked results for the Core i5-13490F are from retail chips, suggesting that the Core i5-13490F and Core i7-13790F may already be in retail stores, at least in China. . On the other hand, there is no information about the Core i7-13790F, but the chip should be similar to the Core i7-13700F.
