Intel Core i5 Raptor Lake i5-13600KF BOX (BX8071513600KF)

High-performance 10- or 14-core desktop processors from the 13th generation Intel Core family (Raptor Lake, 10 nm). Models in this line have an LGA 1700 connector and are designed for installation in motherboards with 6XX and 7XX series chipsets. The manufacturer is positioning them as mid-price models intended for use as part of entry-level multi-purpose workstations, universal household systems, gaming PCs and affordable overclocking configurations.

Like last time, the key feature of the Raptor Lake architecture is the division of all available cores into 2 groups: powerful P-cores and energy-efficient E-cores, as is common in mobile ARM processors. Specific cores are used depending on the current type of workload: P is better suited for games and “heavy tasks”, and E for background processes. This architecture optimizes overall performance levels and reduces overall power consumption.

Depending on the specific modification, the Core i5 Rzptor Lake may include either 10 or 14 physical cores. In the first case, these are 6 class P cores + 4 E cores. Performance cores are overclocked to 4.6 GHz and support multi-threaded data processing, which increases the total number of threads to 16. The L3 cache capacity is 20 MB, and the maximum TDP can reach 154 W. The higher-end Core i5 chips feature 6 P cores + 8 E cores, bringing the total number of threads to 20.

At the same time, their cache capacity is increased to 24 MB, and the TDP accordingly increases to 181 W. It is worth noting that for optimal use of the hybrid architecture, a motherboard with support for Thread Director technology is required, as well as a modern tower cooler. The processors support 16 lanes of the PCI-E 5.0 system interface, providing incredible data transfer speeds for video cards, top-end NVMe SSD drives and network adapters. Another important feature is the ability to work with two types of RAM - DDR4-3200 or DDR5-5600. The maximum supported amount of RAM is 128 GB.