While a lot of people were complaining about the enormous power consumption of the new 13th Gen Raptor Lake chips that were only K-series which means overclockable and consume more TDP. Now, finally, at CES 2023, Intel has unveiled its 65W and 35W based desktop chips based on the new architecture and Intel 7 process.
So, essentially all these new 65W SKUs, which will be available to buy in the market, now feature from 4 up to 24 cores. In terms of the number of cores, you still get up to 8 Performance Cores and 16 Efficiency Cores whereas the maximum power ranges from 89W to 219W.
13th Gen Intel Core Desktop Processor Leadership Continues with New Family Additions
Intel bolstered the world’s best desktop processor experience with new 13th Gen Intel Core processors launching today. Rounding out the 13th Gen desktop processor family that first launched with the enthusiast-focused K-series SKUs in September, new 35-watt and 65-watt SKUs provide mainstream PC users even more choices for power efficiency while still delivering incredible performance in gaming, creation and productivity. They offer:
- Up to 5.6 GHz, 24 cores/32 threads – with the introduction of Efficient-cores to Intel Core i5 mainstream processors – and larger L2 cache combining to deliver up to 11% single-threaded and 34% multithreaded performance over 12th Gen Intel Core non-K processors. These gen-over-gen performance gains ensure that the new 35-watt and 65-watt 13th Gen Intel Core non-K processors are delivering next-level performance in both gaming and content creation for mainstream PC users.
- Full forward and backward compatibility with 600-series and 700-series motherboards, as well as support for both DDR5 and DDR4 memory.
- Improved energy efficiency with Intel® Dynamic Tuning Technology and better power scaling, delivering greater performance per watt (PPW) than ever before.
While the Core i7s and Core i9s will be supporting up to DDR5-5600 and DDR4-3200 RAMs, whereas, the non-overclockable Core i5s and Core i3s will support DDR5-4800 and DDR4-3200 RAMs. Intel has stressed more on the Core i5 variants and given users a plethora of options ranging from 6C/12T to 10C/16T or even 14C/20T configurations having a price range varying from $196 to $255.
Talking about the pricing, the expensive 65W-based Core i9s now have a price of $564/$589 whereas the Core i7s also get a price bump to make them available for $359/$384. Also, there are 35W-based T-series chips with similar configurations but will mostly be used by OEMs.
