Intel Core i9-13900K vs Intel Core i9-13900KF. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i9 Intel Core i9
• Generation
  13 13
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 13000 Intel Core i 13000
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i9-12900K Intel Core i9-12900KF
• Successor
  No --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  hybrid hybrid (big.LITTLE)

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz --
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.45 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  32 --
• Shader
  256 --
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB --
• Max. displays
  4 --
• Generation
  12 --
• Technology
  10 nm --
• Release date
  Q4/2022 --

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode No
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-13900KF and Intel Core i9-13900K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR5-5600 DDR4-3200DDR5-5600
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 5.0 x 20
• Bandwidth
  89.6 GB/s 89.6 GB/s

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-13900K and Intel Core i9-13900KF to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 125 W
• TDP up
  No --
• TDP (PL2)
  241 W 253 W
• TDP down
  No --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-13900K and Intel Core i9-13900K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  32.00 MB 32.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  36.00 MB 36.00 MB
• Architecture
  Raptor Lake S Raptor Lake S
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1700 LGA 1700
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q4/2022