Alleged Intel Core i9-13900 65W 24-core “Raptor Lake” Engineering Sample spotted with 3.8 GHz clock

Intel Raptor Lake with 24 cores and 65W TDP

The 13th Gen Core series should launch in the next three months.

Over at Twitter, a screenshot form CPU-Z utility has been shared by Expreview. This picture shows Intel Raptor Lake CPU with 65W TDP and full desktop silicon configuration. This SKU specifically has 8 Performance cores and 16 Efficient cores, the maximum configuration for upcoming series.

The 65W TDP indicates that we are looking at a non-K part, most likely Core i9-13900. The clock speeds are not high though. Because this is an engineering sample, the maximum boost clock is set to 3.8 GHz, significantly lower than i9-12900 (with max Turbo of 5.1 GHz).

Alleged Intel Raptor Lake ES with 24 cores, Source: Expreview

Just yesterday Intel indirectly confirmed that Raptor Lake will support Efficient Thermal Velocity Boost and per-core/package TVB overclocking support. Those features were listed by Intel themselves in an update to XTU overclocking tool. It is unclear if 65W non-K parts will support all these features, or rather reserve them for unlocked K-series SKUs.

Intel Raptor Lake should launch in fourth quarter this year. Intel and its partners will also introduce new Z790 high-end motherboards and mid-range H770/B760 series around the same time.

Source: Expreview