Because the launch of a subsequent gen platform attracts close to, it is inevitable that extra CPUs discover their manner into the wild. An early efficiency evaluation of a Core i9 13900K has surfaced from Chinese language person Excessive Participant on bilibili (opens in new tab). This isn’t some cryptic tweet, however a full benchmark evaluation throughout a spread of gaming titles. The video compares Intel’s Core i9 12900KF with a qualification pattern Core i9 13900K. It’s essential to keep in mind that we’re nonetheless many weeks out from the launch, and efficiency is topic to vary.
The 13900K is an evolutionary improve over the 12900K (opens in new tab). Its main differentiating options look like the extra eight E cores and better clocks. With the extra E cores, the 13900K is a 24-core/32-thread processor. There are another enhancements (opens in new tab) together with sooner DDR5 reminiscence assist and cache measurement will increase. It seems as if devoted PCIe 5.0 M.2 lanes are lacking although. Specifics should wait till the embargo lifts.
Excessive Participant examined the 13900K throughout eight video games, plus 3DMark, with further testing to measure peak energy consumption. The take a look at system is an effective one for CPU testing. A excessive finish MSI RTX 3090 Ti (opens in new tab) and Workforce DDR5-6400 (opens in new tab) are good decisions for minimising bottlenecks, permitting the potential of the CPUs to return to the fore.
I’ve taken the freedom of pulling some screenshots from Excessive Participant’s video (opens in new tab). All credit score goes to him, with thanks.
Starting with the 3DMark outcomes, we see the additional E cores ship superior physics scores, as anticipated. Excessive Participant solely reveals the CPU and general outcomes. There aren’t any graphics checks but it surely’s a secure assumption that the 13900K isn’t boosting 3DMark graphics efficiency. Not that it is actually related to players.
What’s related are the gaming checks. The 1080p outcomes are the place we will anticipate to see the largest variations between the twelfth and thirteenth Gen CPUs. From what I can see (with out correctly calculating) at 1080p there’s a couple of 4 to five% efficiency uplift. The minimal numbers look higher. If I ignore the RDR2 and PUBG outcomes, a achieve of round 10% seems to be fairly good.
Shifting to 1440p and 4K, the load strikes more and more onto the GPU, with low single digit FPS features. The minimal FPS numbers nonetheless present achieve over these of the 12900KF although. We additionally don’t know the specifics of the sport settings so it is tough to place an excessive amount of emphasis on these early outcomes.
It seems to be just like the 13900K’s features might come right down to clock speeds greater than something architectural. The additional E cores will profit apps that may make use of them, however in the case of gaming, the truth that the CPU doesn’t have anyplace close to as a lot significance as a GPU holds true.
Lastly, there are the height energy consumption readings. Right here the outcomes present the 13900K to probably pull much more energy than the 12900KF. These are peak outcomes although. Common lengthy period energy consumption is more likely to be decrease, however nonetheless, energy consumption is shaping up as a key attribute. And never in a great way.
As soon as once more, it’s essential to notice that there’s nonetheless many weeks to go earlier than the launch. The ultimate retail silicon could provide barely totally different efficiency and the BIOS of the Asus motherboard will definitely have some optimising left to do. An immature BIOS can considerably have an effect on efficiency outcomes, notably in the case of the proper software of the PL1 and PL2 limits, and ensuing turbo enhance clocks and period. Take these outcomes with the customary pinch of salt. Nonetheless, it’s tease!
