The specifications of the new Intel processors have been leaked and their power will be on par with an energy consumption that can become somewhat excessive and that will result in a higher share of the electricity bill.
Days before its premiere, some slides with the specifications of the different thirteenth generation Intel processors, known by the nickname of Raptor Lake, have been leaked. Let’s see what Intel proposes and if it will be worth spending more energy in exchange for quite generous specifications.
Up to 253 W power consumption
According to one of the leaked product slides, Intel’s most powerful Raptor Lake chip at launch will be the Core i9-13900K with support for speeds of up to 5.7 GHz in some circumstances (although efficiency cores max out at 4). .3GHz).
However, the chips are very power hungry , and all 13th Gen Intel Core i5, Core i7, and Core i9 desktop chips shown on the top slide are expected to have a base processor power of 125 watts and maximum ratings. of turbo power ranging from 181 watts (for Core i5 chips) to 253 watts (for Core i7 and above) .
As can be seen, this energy consumption will be reflected in the electricity bill in a more pronounced way than in the previous generation , exceeding the 241 W of its predecessors by 12 W.
Main changes in the 13th generation Intel Core
12th Gen Intel Core “Alder Lake” processors brought a hybrid architecture to the company’s desktop and mobile chips. By combining performance and efficiency CPU cores, we end up with chips with up to 16 cores and 24 threads.
But Intel may take things even further with its upcoming 13th Gen “Raptor Lake” Core chips. Based on leaked slides posted by Igor’s Lab , we can expect Intel’s next-gen desktop processors to feature up to 24 cores and 32 threads, among other improvements .
Top-of-the-line desktop chips will still only have 8 performance cores with support for hyperthreading , meaning you’ll get 8 high-performance cores with 16 threads. But instead of 8 single-threaded power-efficient cores, Raptor Lake chips will be available with up to 16 efficiency cores.
That could lead to stronger multi-core performance , though it’s unclear what impact, if any, we’ll see on single-core performance. But Intel is promising at least some improvements thanks to faster L3 smart cache for performance cores on all models, as well as more L2 cache for Intel Core i5K and higher chips.
Other changes include support for DDR5-5600 memory (Alder Lake maxes out at 4800MHz DDR5 RAM) and support for up to five 20Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 ports (Alder Lake only supports up to four).
Features that have not changed include 20 PCIe lanes (with support for PCIe 4.0 and 5.0, support for Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1, HDCP 2.3, and DisplayPort 1.4a. Intel will officially launch its Raptor Lake family of processors on September 27, 2022 , so we don’t have to wait long to find out if these leaked specs are legit.
