One of the most used tactics so that a product does not stay out of the market and is not seen as something inferior is rebranding. In which it receives a new name more in line with the nomenclature of another that has come out more recently in time. This does not make it a worse product. Well, everything indicates that the 65 W TDP Intel Core 13 will be the same chips as in the previous generation . What has led Pat Gelsinger’s company to make this move?
It is no secret that despite the name of Raptor Lake to name future Intel chips, we are not actually facing a new architecture and the changes are rather minor from one generation to another. Rather, these are found on K-terminated and KF-terminated chips, which are those that will have a TDP of 125W in PL1 mode. While the 65W Intel Core 13s are going to be unchanged compared to the Alder Lake based Intel Core 12s, well technically those chips are going to be rebranded and most likely with a new CPU ID for the build programs to use. benchmark and Windows detect them with the new name.
The 65W Intel Core 13s really are Core 12s
This statement, so daring, we have not taken it out of our sleeve, but it has been seen through the leaked slides of the Intel presentation that have appeared on the network of networks in recent days. The one that has indirectly revealed the information to us can be found just below these lines.
And how have we been able to deduce that the 65 W Intel Core 13 will be the same as the one on the market right now? Well, for several reasons, which are the following:
- The P-Cores or performance cores are the same between both architectures, with no changes between them. That is, in the Intel Core 13 they will be the same as in the current generation chips.
- The changes are mostly in the E-Cores, but some models like the i5-13400F will do without them.
- The amount of L3 cache depends on the number of cores that are connected to it and its ring. As there is the same number, this part does not vary.
And which processors would it affect? Well, to all those who meet these two conditions:
- Do not have the letter K or KF at the end of the name
- They are an i5 or less
That is, Intel has no reason to make different chips when they are also compatible with the same socket and thus the same motherboards. Hence, they are going to opt for a rebranding in low-end processors and possibly also affect their equivalents for laptops. Of course, we hope that the announced rise in the price of processors will only affect those that will come out this year, it would be a mistake for Intel to shoot itself in a market that has become so competitive and with an AMD not wanting to give up with its Ryzen 7000 both on desktops and laptops.
