We’re still seeing leaked Intel Core i9-13900K performance benchmarks that use, as you might have guessed, an engineering unit, an advanced sample, but not equivalent to the final model that will hit stores. This was an important detail when we saw that the operating frequencies of the first samples were quite low, but gradually it loses importance as we see tests with chips that can touch 6.1 GHz.

The Intel Core i9-13900K will become Intel’s most powerful processor for the general consumer market, that’s for sure, and thanks to a new leak, we could see that said chip can scratch 6.1GHz thanks to overclocking. , In Cinebench R23, and with all cores active, is capable of operating at a constant frequency 5.5 GHzallowing it to outperform the 32-core AMD Threadripper 2990X by 30%, making it comparable to the AMD Threadripper 5965WX.

We must note that the Intel Core i9-13900K has a configuration of 8 high-performance cores and 16 high-efficiency cores, which allows us A total of 24 cores and 32 threads. A highly efficient core, of course doesn’t have the same brute force than a high-performance core and actually runs at a lower frequency (4.3 GHz in these tests). That’s exactly what makes these results so good.

So in this comparison we have the Intel Core i9-13900K configured at 5.5 GHz in high performance cores and 4.3 GHz in high efficiency cores and it was able to outperform processors with higher core counts such as the 32-core AMD Threadripper 2990X and to match the Threadripper 5965WX, which has 24 high-performance cores and 48 threads. It’s quite an achievementand an important sample of the performance we can expect from this new high-end processor, a chip for the general consumer market that it can defeat HEDT sector focused processors.

To maintain these frequencies, a voltage of 1.3 V was configured and a peak consumption of 350 watts was recorded. Yes, it’s a high number, and of course a top-notch cooling system will be necessary to keep temperatures under control. In this case we have proof a liquid cooling AIO kit was used, so theoretically such a solution with a 360mm radiator would be enough. In the attached images you can see the performance data obtained by the Intel Core i9-13900K in Cinebench R23 and in CPU-Z.

Raptor Lake-S processors are scheduled to be released in end of this year. We still don’t have an official date confirmed by Intel, but they will most likely hit the market between October and November. They will be compatible with all current motherboards equipped with the LGA1700 socket and the 600 series chipset, and will work seamlessly with DDR4 and DDR5 memory, so we won’t have to buy a new memory kit or a new motherboard if we want to upgrade from Alder Lake-S.