Intel 13th Gen 'Raptor Lake' Desktop CPUs Launched, Including Core i9-13900K With 24 Cores

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Intel is kicking off its 13th Gen Core CPU lineup, codenamed 'Raptor Lake', starting with high-end desktop models aimed at gamers and enthusiasts. The company makes a fresh claim to the title of "the world's fastest desktop processor" with the flagship Core i9-13900K, which features a 5.8GHz peak boost speed and a total of 24 cores - of which eight are high-performance 'P-cores' with Hyper-Threading, and 16 are smaller single-threaded 'E-cores' for power efficiency. Intel claims up to a 15 percent improvement in single-threaded tasks but a huge 41 percent jump in workloads that can scale to all 32 available threads, compared to last year's Core i9-12900K.    

Six CPU models have been announced, in addition to a new set of 700-series chipsets for motherboards and a new smartphone integration platform called Intel Unison. In addition to the Core i9-13900K, there's the Core i9-13900KF which lacks integrated graphics. Both have 36MB of L3 cache, plus 2MB of L2 per P-core and 4MB per cluster of four E-cores. The base TDP is 125W but the rated maximum power draw at boost speeds, with an adequate cooling solution, is 253W.

Intel has also announced the Core i7-13700K and 13700KF, which are identical other than the latter's lack of integrated graphics. Both models have 16 cores in total, with eight P-cores and eight E-cores. The top speed is 5.4GHz and there's 30MB of L3 cache plus 24MB of L2 cache in total. Base and max TDPs are also 125W and 253W respectively.

Finally, the Core i5-13600K and 13600KF feature 14 cores (six P-cores with eight E-cores) running at up to 5.1GHz, with 24MB and 20MB of L3 and L2 cache respectively. Base and max TDP ratings come in at 125W and 181W for this pair. 

All six SKUs are overclockable and