13th Gen CPU

Intel accidentally published specs for several of its upcoming 13th Gen processors, which the company is set to reveal later this month.

As spotted by several users on Twitter (via The Verge), the Intel Canada website briefly detailed specs for upcoming i9, i7, and i5 processors. The details are still available via a cached version of the site, which you can find here.

The site details the 13th Gen Core i9-13900K desktop processor with 5.4GHz max frequency and 24 cores with 32 threads. There was also the 13th Gen Core i7-13700K desktop CPU with up to 5.3GHz max frequency, 16 cores and 24 threads. Finally, the site mentioned the 13th Gen Core i5-13600K with 14 cores and 20 threads clocked at 5.1GHz.

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The Verge notes that all this information matches up with earlier leaks about Intel’s 13th Gen ‘Raptor Lake’ CPUs. Those previous leaks also indicated that both the Core i9 and i7 CPUs will be able to use two performance cores to boost up to 5.8GHz, thanks to Intel’s Thermal Velocity Boost.

However, the leak doesn’t provide many details about which CPU will hit 6GHz. Based on a tease included in a recent Intel slideshow, at least one of the company’s new CPUs will hit 6GHz out of the box and potentially up to 8GHz with overclocking.

Intel also previously teased that its 13th Gen Raptor Lake chips will boast 15 percent improved single-thread performance and 41 percent better multi-threaded performance.

The company will likely launch the new CPUs at its upcoming ‘Innovation’ event on September 27th, which just so happens to be the same day AMD plans to release its Zen 4 Ryzen 7000 CPUs.

Source: Intel Canada (archived) Via: The Verge, Twitter

Intel’s 13th Gen CPUs are on the horizon, and it sounds like at least one of the CPUs will run at 6GHz.

The news comes from Tom’s Hardware (via The Verge), which spotted the information on a slide shared onstage at Intel’s Technology Tour 2022. The slide notes Intel’s ‘Raptor Lake’ 13th Gen i9 CPU will be able to hit 6GHz, support DDR5 5600 memory and hit up to 8GHz through overclocking.

Other improvements coming with Raptor Lake include a 15 percent improvement in single-threaded performance and a 41 percent improvement in multi-threaded performance.

According to The Verge, the claims are a shot at AMD, which recently highlighted its upcoming 16-core Ryzen 9 7950X will hit boosts of up to 5.7GHz. Although clock speeds are not the most important metric for measuring CPU performance, they can be handy for marketing — especially when you break important barriers like 6GHz.

Intel Technology Tour 2022 slide with 6GHz tease | Credit: The Verge

Beyond the 6GHz tease from Intel, we don’t yet know much about the company’s Raptor Lake 13th Gen chips. It’s likely the company’s flagship i9-13900K chip (or something similar in name) will be the one that hits 6GHz — the 12900KS was the one that hit 5.5GHz last year.

Intel is set to reveal more details about its upcoming chips at its Innovation event on September 27th. That also happens to be when AMD plans to release its Ryzen 7000 processors, so it should be an interesting day for computer enthusiasts.

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Source: Tom’s Hardware, The Verge