The unique performance test has allowed us to see how the early technical Core Intel i9-13900 behaves, and the truth is that the results it has gained against the Intel Core i9-12900 are spectacular, especially since this sample only operated at 3.7 GHz in its high-performance cores, which is a speed well below the 5.1 GHz achieved by the Alder Lake-S chip running “on stock” in turbo mode (with one active core).

The Intel Core i9-13900 will be a new generation of high-end processor that will be placed just below the Intel Core i9-13900K. The only differences between the two will be due to the operating frequencies and the fact that the other will support overclocking (it will have an unlocked multiplier). both will have the same configuration and will use the same architecturewhich means that:

• They will use an Intel 7 node (upgraded by 10nm).
• They will have 8 high-performance Red Cove cores and 16 high-performance Gracemont cores.
• High-performance kernels will have HyperThreading, which will eventually leave us with 32 threads.
• They will have a total of 32 MB L2 cache and 36 MB L3 cache.
• They will support AVX-AVX2 instructions on highly efficient cores.
• They will be compatible with DDR4 and DDR5 memory.

The Intel Core i9-13900 sample features have been tested

As we have already said, the unit has 8 high-performance cores, 16 high-efficiency cores and 32 fibers. Your cache is together total (L2 and L3) 68 MBand runs at 3.7 GHz on high-performance cores and 2.76 GHz on high-performance cores. Of course, these frequencies are well below the maximum we saw in the Alder Lake-S series, and in the final version they should be close to 5 GHz on high – performance cores and well above 3 GHz in highly efficient cores.

The configuration of the RAM used was not specified, so we do not know whether it was accompanied by DDR5 at 5,600 or another type of slower memory. In any case, it is important that the performance that the Intel Core i9-13900 achieves is general very good and it’s more than enough to make a big generational leap.

In the single precision performance test (FP32), the Intel Core i9-13900 outperforms the Intel Core i9-12900 by 50%, while in double precision (FP64) it doubles the performance of the first. In general, this chip can outperform all processors comparison without any problems and that, as we have already said, its operating frequencies are relatively low because it is a technical sample.

If we look at the results under SIMD, we find some not so positive results, because the Intel Core i9-13900 loses on the Ryzen 9 5950X and is only slightly above the Intel Core i9-12900. If we make an average evaluation, it is clear that the conclusions we can draw are positive. It will be interesting to see how the Intel Core i9-13900 will perform in its final version and what operating frequencies the chip giant is able to achieve with this new generation. Initial information predicted a significant improvement in performance.

Before you finish, I remind you that if all goes according to plan, Raptor Lake-S should be officially introduced later this yearprobably between October and November. This new generation will be compatible with current LGA1700 600 series motherboards, although it will be accompanied by new 700 series chipsets. It will also be compatible with DDR4 and DDR5 memories, so we won’t have to invest in new modules if we decide to upgrade. His direct opponent will be Zen 4 from AMD.