After Intel’s 13th-generation Raptor Lake family was launched, 12th-generation processors are still very competitive, but Intel seems to have continued the tradition of “China Special Edition”, and is expected to launch two new 13th-generation Core “black box” models in the near future.

Judging from the exposed Intel documents, Core i5-13490F and Core i7-13790F are very competitive, but it has not yet appeared in the Intel ARK database.

It is not difficult to see from the naming that i5-13490F is the successor model of i5-12490F, while i7-13790F is a brand new product. In addition, the Core i5-13490F and Core i7-13790F are positioned as F-series chips, which also means that they will not have integrated graphics, so you will need to pair them with a discrete graphics card to use them.

While the Core i5-12490F brings convenience to gamers, it’s essentially a way for Intel to maximize profits.

In simple terms, the chipmaker produces two dies for Alder Lake: C0 (8P+8E) and H0 (6P+0E), the former for high-end chips such as the Core i9 and i7, and the latter for Low end chips like i5 and i3.

Of course, this is also the advantage of mid-range SKUs, because Intel will repackage some C0 chips that do not meet high standards for lower-tier SKUs. Therefore, the Core i5-13490F and i7-13790F are likely to be the products of Intel’s recycling and reprocessing of some high-end wafers.

Coincidentally, a domestic netizen just gave some specifications of the i5-13490F, which seems to have undergone a major upgrade compared to the previous generation.

According to the CPU-Z screenshots, the Core i5-13490F uses a 10-core 16-thread configuration, which is the same as the regular i5-13400F configuration, but its performance can almost reach the level of the previous generation i5-12600K.

The Core i5-13490F has six P cores and four E cores, so the most significant difference compared to the previous generation is the addition of four E cores. Additionally, CPU-Z shows the chip has a boost frequency of 4.8GHz, a 200 MHz boost over the i5-12490F and i5-13400F.

It is worth mentioning that the i5-12490F also has 4MB more L3 cache than the i5-12400F and is on par with the i7-13700F.

The i5-13490F scored 779.7 points in the single-core test and 6,834.5 points in the multi-core test. For comparison, the i5-13400F scored 729.1 points and 6540 points in the single-core and multi-core tests, respectively. This means that the single-core performance of the i5-13490F is about 6.9% higher than the i5-13400F, 11.4% higher than the i5-12490F, and the multi-core performance is 4.5% higher than the i5-13400F, and 46.9% higher than the i5-12490F.

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In the Intel XMP 3.0 certification list obtained by Videocardz, we can see that the Intel Raptor Lake CPU will provide up to DDR5-7600 support, and the memory kit specification exceeds 7.0Gbps speed, which is quite amazing.

Corresponding to this standard, G.Skill currently provides the fastest memory kits. The specifications of its three Trident Z5 kits are as follows:

G-Skill DDR5-7466 CL36 – F5-7466J3648G16GX2-TZ5RK

G-Skill DDR5-7466 CL36 – F5-7466J3648G16GX2-TZ5RK

G-Skill DDR5-7600 CL36 – F5-7600J3648G16GX2-TZ5RK

Not only are these the fastest we’ve seen, but they also run at a lower 1.4V, while other kits run at 1.45-1.50V. G.Skill has already certified their upcoming Trident Z5 DDR5 memory on the Asus Z790 ROG Maximus HERO, but this is just the beginning, and the memory speeds are expected to increase further and approach or even exceed DDR5-8000 as we head into 2023.

Intel itself is already touting a new era of overclocking with their 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPU and Z790 motherboard platform, with multiple overclocks exceeding 8GHz and DDR5 speeds breaking the 10Gbps barrier. We’ve seen this with Alder Lake, but more extreme records are coming. The company also highlighted that DDR5-6600 will become the standard for 13th-gen CPU platforms, and we can expect a performance boost on the way from DDR5-4800 to DDR5-7600. Meanwhile, while the price of DDR5 memory has dropped significantly over the past few months, these new high-speed packages come at a premium, so expect them to cost upwards of $250-$300.

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The specifications of this coming processor popped up on the company’s website for a short while. During that period, we were able to pick out a few strong points of the 13th Gen Raptor Lake Processor. Overall, this coming processor series will come with three chips, the Core i9-13900K, Core i7-13700K, and Core i5-13600K.

Read also: Intel Raptor Lake 13th Generation processors boast of a 6GHz peak frequency.

All three chips in the 13th Gen Raptor Lake processor series (not only the Core i9 entry) will feature a peak frequency of 6GHz. To achieve this maximum frequency, they will all make use of Intel’s Thermal Velocity Boost technology. The Core i9 will also have 24 cores and 32 threads, putting it in close competition with other rival flagship processors.

On their parts, the Core i7 and Core i5 will use 16 cores and 24 threads, 14 cores and 20 threads respectively. The coming Intel 13th Gen flagship processor series will get a performance improvement by up to 15% on the single-thread. Multi-thread performance of this new series will bump things up by 41% according to Intel’s calculations.

These processors are yet to launch, and the company has said nothing regarding their launch date. The company is holding its innovation event on September 27 and the new flagship processors might just grace the event. But we are certain that the Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake processor will make a mark in the industry once it goes into use.

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