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

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

• Family
  Intel Core i9 Intel Core i9
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 13000 Intel Core i 13000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  13 13
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KF

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.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  24 / 32 24 / 32
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  8x Raptor Cove 8x Raptor Cove
• B-Core
  16x Gracemont 16x Gracemont
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• A-Core Frequency
  3.20 GHz (6.00 GHz) 3.00 GHz (5.80 GHz)
• B-Core Frequency
  2.20 GHz (4.30 GHz) 2.20 GHz (4.30 GHz)

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 UHD Graphics 770 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz --
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.65 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  32 --
• Shader
  256 --
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB --
• Max. displays
  3 --
• Generation
  11 --
• Direct X
  12 --
• Technology
  10 nm --
• Release date
  Q4/2021 --

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
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode 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 i9-13900KS. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

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

• TDP (PL1)
  150 W 125 W
• TDP (PL2)
  253 W 253 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

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

• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Chip design
  Monolithic Monolithic
• Socket
  LGA 1700 LGA 1700
• L2-Cache
  32.00 MB 32.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  36.00 MB 36.00 MB
• Architecture
  Raptor Lake S Raptor Lake S
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q4/2022
• Release price
  -- 564 $
• Documents
  -- Technical data sheet