Intel announce 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs, confirm Arc A770 Limited Edition GPU release date

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Seems it’s that time of year again: the annual Intel CPU refresh is upon us, with CEO Pat Gelsinger announcing the 13th Gen "Raptor Lake" processor family onstage at Intel Innovation 2022 last night. These chips will stick to the hybrid Performance core/Efficiency core design introduced by the 12th Gen Alder Lake range – probably wisely, given that includes some of the best gaming CPUs ever – but ups the E-core counts, L2 cache capacities and clock speeds. Raptor Lake will go on sale on October 20th, a few weeks after the just-launched AMD Ryzen 7000 series.

The showcase also included a few key details on the Intel Arc A770 Limited Edition, the top-ranking graphics card in the long-delayed Arc Alchemist lineup of gaming GPUs. This will also launch next month, on October 12th, and cost $329. Honestly, part of me was wondering if we’ll ever see the day, but yes: there really will be an Intel graphics card on the market. Even if it is more of an RTX 3060 rival than a cheap RTX 4080 alternative.

To start with, Intel’s 13th CPU generation will start with three main chips, and each of those having a slightly lower-priced ‘KF’ variant without any integrated graphics. Here’s the deets in handy specs table form, along with current preorder pricing.

Two observations! One, what on Earth is going on with those UK prices? In the US, it’s only the Core i5 chips that get a (modest) expensiveness bump over their 12th Gen equivalents, but on this side of the Atlantic it’s hikes across the board. I know the pound is in the doldrums at the moment, but yeesh.

Two, unlike both Alder Lake and AMD’s latest Ryzen 7000 chips, there’s no big tech overhaul here; more of a general tune-up. The Core i9-13900KF hitting a 5.8GHz Turbo Boost ain’t to