Intel's i5-13600K could be trouble for AMD
Higher clock speeds, more cores, and better cache
Published: 18th July 2022 | Source: Enthusiastic Citizen (ECSM) |
Does AMD have an answer to Intel's Raptor Lake i5?
Benchmarking data for Intel's i5-13600K has been revealed, with Enthusiastic Citizen receiving an engineering sample for what could be Intel's most interesting Raptor Lake series processor.
To be frank, AMD will need a strong answer to Intel's i5-13600K, because their regular Ryzen 5 6-core models will not be good enough this time. With Intel's Raptor Lake i5-13600K, Intel's delivering higher core clock speeds, more L2 cache, more L3 Cache, and four additional E-cores. If Intel's i5-13600K performs as expected, it should give AMD a kick in the teeth, at least in the mid-high-end CPU market.
With six P-cores and eight E-cores, Intel's i5-13600K has 14 total cores. Add on Intel's cache improvements and clock speed increases, and Intel has a CPU model that should sit between the i7-12700K (8 P-Cores + 4-E-cores) and their i9-12900K (8 P-Cores + 8 E-Cores) in terms of multi-threaded performance. Not bad for a 13th generation i5.
Performance
Intel's i5-13600K engineering sample reportedly has P-core clock speeds that can boost to 5.1/4.9 GHz and E-Core clock speed that are set to 3.9 GHz. When testing this GPU overclocked, an All-P-Core clock speed of 5.1 GHz was achieved and an all-E-Core clock speed of 4.0 GHz was delivering.
With 14 cores and 20 threads, Intel's i5-13600K should deliver a huge upgrade in multi-threaded performance over their 10-core, 16-thread i5-12600K. Add on Raptor Lake's clock speed increases and cache improvements, and Raptor Lake should deliver some impressive performance levels.
In CPU-Z, Intel's i5-13600K engineering sample achieved a single-threaded score of 830 points and a multi-threaded score of 10,031 points. When compared to an i5-12600K, Raptor Lake offers users an 8% single-threaded performance boost and a 79% multi-threaded performance boost.
Moving onto Cinebench, Raptor Lake offers users single-threaded and multi-threaded scores of 1387 points and 24420 points respectively. This represents a multi-threaded performance boost of around 40% for Raptor Lake, though its single-threaded performance appears to be slower. At this time, it is unknown why this benchmark result has such strange results. Perhaps Cinebench is benchmarking an E-Core?
The i5-13600K will give AMD a tough time
Intel's i5-13600K is going to hurt AMD. This CPU design will force AMD to rethink its Ryzen 5 lineup, potentially forcing the company to increase its CPU core counts for its Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 models.
AMD cannot use a 6-core Zen 4 processor to compete with an Intel 14-core. Even if AMD's design is an "all-P-core" designs, Intel's new i5 appears to offer users six P-cores and eight E-cores. AMD needs to counter that, or their Ryzen 5 7600X will appears to offer poor value.
Intel's i5-13600K is an aggressive product. AMD will need to work hard to counter it, as a failure to do so will place their Ryzen 7000 series CPUs on a poor footing. The good news for consumers is that competition is strong, and that will force both AMD and Intel to work hard for out custom.
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Originally Posted by AngryGoldfish
Does anyone else have the worrying feeling that AMD won't bother trying to compete with the 13600K because they now have the mind share?
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I will tell you why, too. AMD's mindshare is made from china. It will take one move from Intel to absolutely smash their party to pieces.
Think to yourself how many years AMD would need to smash Nvidia in the GPU war before they even got a fair slice of the pie. And then think just how quickly that would evaporate if Nvidia came back with something killer.
Its the same or worse with Intel. They had, quite probably, the biggest fanboy cult EVER. Stupid people got proven stupid time and time again, but then AMD came back with a product that was better. However, that fanboy mentality never EVER goes away. They just sit in wait until Intel are top of the roost again, then AMD will slide down the slippery slope faster than you can say hyperthreading.
Nvidia will always be the biggest name in GPUs no matter how crap they get or are, and the same goes for Intel with their CPUs.Quote
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Originally Posted by AlienALX
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I will tell you why, too. AMD's mindshare is made from china. It will take one move from Intel to absolutely smash their party to pieces. Think to yourself how many years AMD would need to smash Nvidia in the GPU war before they even got a fair slice of the pie. And then think just how quickly that would evaporate if Nvidia came back with something killer. Its the same or worse with Intel. They had, quite probably, the biggest fanboy cult EVER. Stupid people got proven stupid time and time again, but then AMD came back with a product that was better. However, that fanboy mentality never EVER goes away. They just sit in wait until Intel are top of the roost again, then AMD will slide down the slippery slope faster than you can say hyperthreading. Nvidia will always be the biggest name in GPUs no matter how crap they get or are, and the same goes for Intel with their CPUs. |
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Originally Posted by AngryGoldfish
If you're right then it's gonna be an epic time for consumers when it comes to processors. I could keep my DDR4 memory and splurge for a 13600K and see a HUGE performance uplift. Or see a HUGE uplift and get a (likely) cheaper 5800X3D and keep my DDR4. Or splurge for DDR5 and AM5 and get a better value 7600X and invest in a longstanding platform with a clear upgrade path. Choices are awesome!
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Any one who has known me for more than ten minutes knows that I HATED Intel. However, going from my 3950x to a 12700KF netted me huge gains, even at 1440p. Not only that but they have their own fabs, so whilst AMD were still over charging for their CPUs that you couldn't even get I went out and got a nice cheap 12700KF about five days after launch for less than they are selling for now.
See, that's another ace card Intel have - their own fabs. They rely on absolutely bloody no one else.
Oh yeah, the Linus videos where he went to Intel in Israel were pukka too. Like I said, I really like their new image.Quote
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Originally Posted by AngryGoldfish
If you're right then it's gonna be an epic time for consumers when it comes to processors. I could keep my DDR4 memory and splurge for a 13600K and see a HUGE performance uplift. Or see a HUGE uplift and get a (likely) cheaper 5800X3D and keep my DDR4. Or splurge for DDR5 and AM5 and get a better value 7600X and invest in a longstanding platform with a clear upgrade path. Choices are awesome!
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