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Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs & Z790 Platform To Be Announced on 27th September, Launch on 20th October

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With AMD finally having unveiled its Ryzen 7000 CPUs & AM5 platform, it’s time to switch gears to Intel’s 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs & the Z790 platform.

Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs To Launch on 20th October, To Include Z790 Motherboards & Unlocked SKUs

The latest information has been leaked by @wxnod who managed to get his hands on a full Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake schedule from a presentation in China. As per the presentation, it looks like Intel will be officially introducing the Raptor Lake chips on the 27th of September (28th in Taiwan) and the launch will take place around a month later on the 20th of October. Meanwhile, Intel will be taking pre-orders for the chips. Based on the information we have:

Intel Raptor Lake-S Processors & Intel Z790 Chipset: Enthusiast Consumer K & KF CPUs Only

  • Product Information Embargo Date: 27th September 2022 @ 9:20 am PT (Intel Innovation ’22)
  • Sales Embargo Date: 20th October 2022 @ 06:00 am PT

Intel Raptor Lake-S Processors Commercial & Entry Workstation

  • Product Information Embargo Date: 19th February – 18th March 2023
  • Sales Embargo Date: 19th February – 18th March 2023

Do note that AMD’s Ryzen 7000 CPUs & AM5 platform will be hitting retail shelves the same day as Intel’s announcement. As per the schedule, Intel will begin taking pre-orders for the Core i9-13900K (F) on the 27th of September while pre-orders for the Core i7-13700K (F) and Core i5-13600K (F) are going to open on the 13th of October. Currently, we don’t have the embargo date but this means the blue team will have their next-gen parts launching almost a month after AMD’s Zen 4 lands on the desktop PC platforms.

Intel’s 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs will utilize the hybrid core design, featuring a mix of Performance-Optimized ‘P’ and Efficiency-Optimized ‘E’ cores. For the new chips, Intel will be using a brand new P-Core known as Raptor Cove which will replace the Golden Cove cores featured on the Alder Lake CPUs. For The E-Core, Intel will retain the existing Gracemont core architecture but it will come with minor improvements. Following are some of the main changes you should expect:

Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake Desktop CPUs Expected Features:

  • Up To 24 Cores & 32 Threads
  • Brand New Raptor Cove CPU Cores (Higher P-Core IPC)
  • Based on 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ process node
  • Up To 6.0 GHz clock speeds (expected)
  • Double The E-Cores on certain variants
  • Increased Cache for both P-Cores & E-Cores
  • Supported on existing LGA 1700 motherboards
  • New Z790, H770, and B760 motherboards
  • Up To 28 PCIe Lanes (PCH Gen 4 + Gen 3)
  • Up To 28 PCIe Lanes (CPU Gen 5 x16 + Gen 4 x12)
  • Dual-Channel DDR5-5600 Memory Support
  • 20 PCIe Gen 5 Lanes
  • Enhanced Overclocking Features
  • 125W PL1 TDP (Flagship SKUs)
  • AI PCIe M.2 Technology
  • Q4 2022 Launch (October Possibly)

So starting with the lineup, there are a total of 14 SKUs which include four Core i9 models, four Core i7 models, five Core i5 models, and a single Core i3 model. There are three revisions of the CPUs which start with H-0 for the only Core i3 model, C-0 for the Core i5-13400, Core i5-13500 & Core i5-13600 while the rest are based on the B-0 revision.

The H0 and C0 revisions might have similar silicon and die structures as existing Alder Lake parts minus the upgraded cache from the Raptor Lake designs while the B0 silicon might have the added cache.

Intel Core i9-13900K 24 Core Raptor Lake CPU Specs

The Intel Core i9-13900K is the flagship Raptor Lake CPU, featuring 24 cores and 32 threads in an 8 P-Core and 16 E-Core configuration. The CPU is configured at a base clock of 3.0 GHz, a single-core boost clock of 5.8 GHz (1-2) cores, and an all-core boost clock of 5.5 GHz (all 8 P-Cores). The CPU features 68 MB of combined cache and a 125W PL1 rating that goes up to 250W. The CPU can also consume up to 350W of power when using the “Extreme Performance Mode” which we detailed a few hours ago here.

  • Core i9-13900K 8+16 (24/32) – 3.0 / 5.8 GHz – 66 MB Cache, 125W (PL1) / 250W+ (PL2)?
  • Core i9-12900K 8+8 (16/24) – 3.2 / 5.2 GHz – 30 MB Cache, 125W (PL1) / 241W (PL2)

Intel Core i7-13700K 16 Core Raptor Lake CPU Specs

The Intel Core i7-13700K CPU will be the fastest 13th Gen Core i7 chip on offer within the Raptor Lake CPU lineup. The chip features a total of 16 cores and 24 threads. This configuration is made possible with 8 P-Cores based on the Raptor Cove architecture and 8 E-Cores based on the Grace Mont core architecture. The CPU comes with 30 MB of L3 cache and 24 MB of L2 cache for a total combined 54 MB cache. The chip was running at a base clock of 3.4 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz. The all-core boost is rated at 5.3 GHz for the P-Cores while the E-Cores feature a base clock of 3.4 GHz and a boost clock of 4.3 GHz.

  • Core i7-13700K 8+8 (16/24) – 3.4 / 5.3 GHz – 54 MB Cache, 125W (PL1) / 244W (PL2)?
  • Core i7-12700K 8+4 (12/20) – 3.6 / 5.0 GHz, 25 MB Cache, 125W (PL1) / 190W (PL2)

Intel Core i5-13600K 14 Core Raptor Lake CPU Specs

The Intel Core i5-13600K features a total of 14 cores which include 6 P-Cores based on the Raptor Cove and 8 E-Cores based on current Gracemont cores. That’s the same P-Core count as the Intel Core i5-12600K but the E-Core count has been doubled. So we are looking at a 40% core count bump and a 25% thread count bump vs the Alder Lake Core i5-12600K. The CPU comes with 24 MB of L3 and 20 MB of L2 cache for a combined total of 44 MB cache. Clock speeds are set at 3.5 GHz base, 5.2 GHz boost, and 5.1 GHz all-core boost while the E-Cores operate at 3.5 GHz base & 3.9 GHz boost clocks.

  • Core i5-13600K 6+8 (14/20) – 3.5 / 5.1 GHz – 44 MB Cache, 125W (PL1) /180W (PL2)?
  • Core i5-12600K 6+4 (10/16) – 3.6 / 4.9 GHz – 20 MB Cache, 125W (PL1) / 150W (PL2)

Moving over to the rest of the SKUs, we obviously have the lower TDP optimized 65W Non-K SKUs. The Intel Core i5-13400 seems to be a nice upgrade from the Core i5-12400 as it now offers a total of 4 E-Cores besides the 6 P-Cores which should help boost the multi-threaded performance. The Core i5-13500 is another upgraded variant that offers a step up to 6 P-Cores and 8 E-Cores unlike the Core i5-12400 and Core i5-12500 which shared an identical configuration without any P-Cores. The Core i3 lineup only features 1 SKU and that’s the Core i3-13100 which will retain its 4-core and 8-thread layout.

Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake-S Desktop CPU Family:

CPU Name Silicon Revision / QDF P-Core Count E-Core Count Total Core / Thread P-Core Base / Boost (Max) P-Core Boost (All-Core) E-Core Base / Boost E-Core Boost (All-Core) Cache (Total L2 + L3) TDP MSRP
Intel Core i9-13900K B0 / Q1E1 8 16 24 / 32 3.0 / 5.8 GHz 5.5 GHz (All-Core) TBD / 4.7 GHz 4.3 GHz (All-Core) 68 MB 125W (PL1)
250W (PL2)?		 TBA
Intel Core i9-13900KF B0 / Q1EX 8 16 24 / 32 3.0 / 5.8 GHz 5.5 GHz (All-Core) TBD / 4.7 GHz 4.3 GHz (All-Core) 68 MB 125W (PL1)
250W (PL2)?		 TBA
Intel Core i9-13900 B0 / Q1EJ 8 16 24 / 32 2.0 / 5.6 GHz TBD TBD TBD 68 MB 65W (PL1)
~200W (PL2)		 TBA
Intel Core i9-13900F B0 / Q1ES 8 16 24 / 32 2.0 / 5.6 GHz TBD TBD TBD 68 MB 65W (PL1)
~200W (PL2)		 TBA
Intel Core i7-13700K B0 / Q1EN 8 8 16 / 24 3.4 / 5.4 GHz 5.3 GHz (All Core) 3.4 / 4.3 GHz TBD 54 MB 125W (PL1)
228W (PL2)?		 TBA
Intel Core i7-13700KF B0 / Q1ET 8 8 16 / 24 3.4 / 5.4 GHz 5.3 GHz (All Core) 3.4 / 4.3 GHz TBD 54 MB 65W (PL1)
TBD (PL2)		 TBA
Intel Core i7-13700 B0 / Q1EL 8 8 16 / 24 TBD TBD TBD TBD 54 MB 65W (PL1)
TBD (PL2)		 TBA
Intel Core i7-13700F B0 / Q1EU 8 8 16 / 24 TBD TBD TBD TBD 54 MB 65W (PL1)
TBD (PL2)		 TBA
Intel Core i5-13600K B0 / Q1EK 6 8 14 / 20 3.5 / 5.2 GHz 5.1 GHz (All-Core) 3.5 / 3.9 GHz TBD 44 MB 125W (PL1)
180W (PL2)?		 TBA
Intel Core i5-13600KF B0 / Q1EV 6 8 14 / 20 3.5 / 5.2 GHz 5.1 GHz (All-Core) 3.5 / 3.9 GHz TBD 44 MB 65W (PL1)
TBD (PL2)		 TBA
Intel Core i5-13600 C0 / Q1DF 6 8 14 / 20 TBD TBD TBD TBD 44 MB 65W (PL1)
TBD (PL2)		 TBA
Intel Core i5-13500 C0 / Q1DK 6 8 14 / 20 2.5 / 4.5 GHz TBD TBD TBD 32 MB 65W (PL1)
TBD (PL2)		 TBA
Intel Core i5-13400 C0 / Q1DJ 6 4 10 / 16 2.5 / 4.1 GHz TBD TBD TBD 28 MB 65W (PL1)
TBD (PL2)		 TBA
Intel Core i3-13100 H0 / Q1CV 4 0 4 / 8 TBD TBD TBD TBD 12 MB 65W (PL1)
TBD (PL2)		 TBA

The Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake Desktop CPUs including the flagship Core i9-13900K is expected to launch in October on the Z790 platform. The CPUs will be going up against AMD’s Ryzen 7000 CPU lineup which also launches in Fall 2022.



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Intel Z790 Motherboards With Up To DDR5-6800 & DDR4-5333 Memory Support Spotted

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Intel’s Z790 motherboards are coming soon for 13th Gen Raptor Lake Desktop CPUs & will offer improved DDR5 & DDR4 memory support.

Intel Z790 Motherboards To Offer Faster DDR5 & DDR4 Memory Support For 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs

In a datasheet leaked by Videocardz, presumably from MSI, we can see that the Z790 chipset motherboards will offer faster DDR5 and DDR4 memory speeds compared to the existing Z690 motherboards. A total of three motherboards have been listed, one supporting DDR5 and the other two with DDR4 support.

Intel Z790 DDR5 Motherboard Datasheet From MSI (Image Credits: Videocardz):

According to the datasheet, the DDR5 Z790 motherboard will feature four DIMM slots with support for 128 GB capacities with speeds listed as follows:

  • 1 DIMM Per Channel (1-Rank) – Up To DDR5-6800+
  • 1 DIMM Per Channel (1-Rank) – Up To DDR5-6400+
  • 2 DIMM Per Channel (2-Rank) – Up To DDR5-6400+
  • 2 DIMM Per Channel (2-Rank) – Up To DDR5-5600+

As for Z790 DDR4 motherboards, it looks like the maximum memory speed supported here will be up to DDR4-5333+. Following are the speeds listed for the faster Z790 DDR4 configuration:

  • 1 DIMM Per Channel (1-Rank) – Up To DDR4-5333+
  • 1 DIMM Per Channel (1-Rank) – Up To DDR4-4800+
  • 2 DIMM Per Channel (2-Rank) – Up To DDR4-4400+
  • 2 DIMM Per Channel (2-Rank) – Up To DDR4-4000+

Intel Z790 DDR4 Motherboard Datasheet From MSI (Image Credits: Videocardz):

On Z690 motherboards, the fastest memory speeds are listed as following for the DDR5 and DDR4 motherboards in each respective segment.

  • MEG (DDR5) – Up To DDR5-6666+
  • MPG (DDR5) – Up To DDR5-6666+
  • MAG (DDR5) – Up To DDR5-6400+
  • MPG (DDR4) – Up To DDR5-5200+
  • MAG (DDR4)  – Up To DDR4-5200+

For comparison, the AMD X670E Motherboards that have been listed so far range from DDR5-6600 to DDR5-6000 speeds. We recently reported two ASRock X670E motherboards and Biostar’s X670E Valkyrie which recently got their specifications listed in detail. You can read more on that here.

Biostar X670E Valkyrie Motherboard:

  • Supports Dual Channel DDR5 6000+(OC)/ 5800(OC)/ 5600(OC)/ 5400(OC)/ 5200(OC)/ 5000(OC)/ 4800
  • 4 x DDR5 DIMM Memory Slot, Max. Supports up to 128 GB Memory
  • Each DIMM supports non-ECC 8/ 16/ 32 GB DDR5 module

ASRock X670E Taichi Carrera Motherboard

  • Dual Channel DDR5 Memory Technology
  • 4 x DDR5 DIMM Slots
  • Supports DDR5 ECC / non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 6600+(OC)
  • Max. capacity of system memory: 128GB
  • Supports Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) and EXTended Profiles for Overclocking (EXPO) memory modules

Intel Z790 motherboards will be launching in October along with the 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPU lineup. The motherboards will have support for PCIe Gen 5.0 and DDR5 memory however they won’t have a PCIe Gen 5.0 M.2 slot directly connected to the CPU Gen 5 lanes unless the board vendors decided to split the discrete GPU x16 lanes.

Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake Desktop CPUs Expected Features:

  • Up To 24 Cores & 32 Threads
  • Brand New Raptor Cove CPU Cores (Higher P-Core IPC)
  • Based on 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ process node
  • Up To 6.0 GHz clock speeds (expected)
  • Double The E-Cores on certain variants
  • Increased Cache for both P-Cores & E-Cores
  • Supported on existing LGA 1700 motherboards
  • New Z790, H770, and B760 motherboards
  • Up To 28 PCIe Lanes (PCH Gen 4 + Gen 3)
  • Up To 28 PCIe Lanes (CPU Gen 5 x16 + Gen 4 x12)
  • Dual-Channel DDR5-5600 Memory Support
  • 20 PCIe Gen 5 Lanes
  • Enhanced Overclocking Features
  • 125W PL1 TDP (Flagship SKUs)
  • AI PCIe M.2 Technology
  • Q4 2022 Launch (October Possibly)

The Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake Desktop CPUs including the flagship Core i9-13900K is expected to launch in October on the Z790 platform. The CPUs will be going up against AMD’s Ryzen 7000 CPU lineup which also launches in Fall 2022.

Intel Raptor Lake vs AMD Raphael Desktop CPUs Comparison ‘Expected’

CPU Family AMD Raphael (RPL-X) Intel Raptor Lake (RPL-S)
Process Node TSMC 5nm Intel 7
Architecture Zen 4 (Chiplet) Raptor Cove (P-Core)
Gracemont (E-Core)
Flagship SKU Ryzen 9 7950X Core i9-13900K
Cores / Threads Up To 16/32 Up To 24/32
Total L3 Cache 64 MB (+3D V-Cache) 36 MB
Total L2 Cache 16 MB 32 MB
Total Cache 80 MB 68 MB
Max Clocks (1T) 5.7 GHz 5.8 GHz
Memory Support DDR5 DDR5/DDR4
Memory Channels 2 Channel (2DPC) 2 Channel (2DPC)
Memory Speeds DDR5-5600 DDR5-5600
DDR4-3200
Platform Support 600-Series (X670E/X670/B650/A620) 600-Series (Z690/H670/B650/H610)
700-Series (Z790/H770/B760)
PCIe Gen 5.0 Both GPU & M.2 (Extreme chipsets only) Both GPU & M.2 (700-Series only but split)
Integrated Graphics AMD RDNA 2 Intel Iris Xe
Socket AM5 (LGA 1718) LGA 1700/1800
TDP (Max) 170W (TDP)
230W (PPT)		 125W (PL1)
240W+ (PL2)
Launch September 2022 October 2022



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Intel Z790 motherboards listed with support for DDR5-6800 and DDR4-5333 memory

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Intel Z790 motherboards support up to DDR5-6800 memory

Here are some first details on Intel Z790 memory support. 

We received documents for the upcoming MSI Z790 motherboard series, including their specifications. The documents confirm that these motherboards will support JEDEC DDR5-5600 specs by default (for Alder Lake that was 4800 MT/s).

MSI MEG Z790 series support up to 6800+ MT/s in 1 DIMM Per Channel (1DPC) and 1-rank configuration. For 2-rank memory, that speed will drop to 6400 MT/s. For comparison, MSI’s Z690 premium MEG boards such as GODLIKE, ACE or UNIFY support DDR5 memory up to 6666 MT/s, while the high-end segment (MPG) goes up to 6400 MT/s.

MSI Z790 motherboard with DDR5 memory, Source: VideoCardz

There will also be Z790 motherboards with DDR4 memory supporting up to 5333 MT/s speeds in 1DPC and 1R configurations. The fastest MSI Z690 DDR4 board supports up to 5200 MT/s memory.

MSI Z790 motherboard with DDR4 memory, Source: VideoCardz

Interestingly, none of the MSI X670E motherboards already listed on official websites have memory specifications. Therefore, one cannot say precisely whether it is Z790 or X670E series supporting faster memory, or maybe there is no difference at all.

In fact, neither ASUS, Gigabyte nor ASRock list the memory specs, however Biostar does (thanks to dudulab for letting us know). According to X670E Valkyrie specs, it supports up to DDR5-6000 overclocked memory.

AMD is yet to reveal details on its EXPO technology for DDR5 memory overclocking profiles. This information has not been shared yet by any board partner or even AMD themselves.



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