Leaked slides reveal low-down on Intel 13th gen CPU specs and Z690 chipset

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The hype is quickly building up for all the next-gen gaming parts that are about to hit the market later this year. Both Nvidia and AMD keep teasing reveals for next gen graphics cards, AMD has officially shown its hand for the Ryzen 7000 Series CPUs, and now we have confidence of what to expect from Intel. Aside from weeks of corroborating rumors, there are now leaked slides for Intel’s 13th gen CPU specs out in the wild.

The leak comes from igor’s lab, long known for accurate industry sources. The 20 slides appear to be legitimate Intel documents, likely distributed early to partners as part of the product briefing. Some of it is clearly just general marketing material, rehashing technologies that were originally introduced with the Alder Lake platform last year.

The prize info reveals what’s new with 13th gen “Raptor Lake” CPUs, and there’s even info on the new Z790 chipset that will power enthusiast grade motherboards. In short, it’s about what we expected and what was discussed in the leak from last week. Intel’s next round of CPUs will bring higher clock speeds, much more L2 cache, and more E-cores to the lineup.

(Image source: igor’s lab).

Gamers love to see high clock speeds, and the i9-13900K should do that well enough. The slide lists the Thermal Velocity Boost maximum of 5.8 GHz, which exceeds the 12900K by 600 MHz. That’s a noteworthy improvement that will reflect better framerates in games, provided there’s no thermal throttling. We can also see the maximum power draw will reach 253W, up from 240 over the prior gen. It’s likely the 13900K will require a 360mm liquid cooler to stay cool and truly thrive at those frequencies under load.

Additionally, the slide lists DDR5 support up to 5600, and shows that DDR4