Based on the results of performance tests conducted by user chi11eddog, the Intel 13th Gen microarchitecture may have a higher than expected performance gain over Intel 12th Gen products. At least these tests show this for the desktop range with a TDP of 65W.
It is important to note that these CPUs were tested with the same motherboard, as both generations use the same platform and socket. Also, the same memory configuration was used, although it is not clear if this was with DDR4 in both cases or if DDR5 was used in the Intel 13th Gen.
Intel 13th Gen Test Results, On the other hand, it is worth noting that the results came from a single benchmark that was used to test them. Therefore, it is unlikely that these performances can be reproduced in other tests and in the field of video games.
In this case, they were performed with Cinebench R23, which is a pretty good and up-to-date test, but not suitable in itself to determine the performance of a CPU.
Based on these results, we can see that the Intel Core i9-13900 could be up to 10% faster than the 12th Gen in this benchmark in single-core tests. When we test this Intel 13th Gen processor in multi-core, we can see that the gain is up to 53%, which is a pretty significant difference. It should also be noted that the new generation has 500 MHz more and 8 additional E cores compared to the previous generation, which could explain this huge performance jumps in multi-core.
Other Intel 13th Gen CPU models tested also saw increases between 3% and 6% in the single-core tests. In contrast, the multi-core test is again surprising, ranging from 28% to 64% in some cases, which is a huge inhumanity. This 64% is achieved by the Intel Core i5-13500 CPU, which is not marked as K, meaning it is not unlocked. Moreover, it is noticeable that the same unit also achieves the lowest performance gain in the single-core range.
Keep in mind that all of these units have a standard 65W TDP and are compatible with current LGA1700 motherboards and chipsets. They also support both DDR4 and the new DDR5 memory, which is not the case with AMD’s new AM5-socket platform that only supports DDR5.
In conclusion, Intel might be ready to launch all five models on January 3, 2023, along with the new B760 motherboards that are not yet on the market. Therefore, an interesting battle is expected between AMD Ryzen 7000 series and Intel’s 13th Gen.