Intel, at the Intel Innovation 2022 event, has revealed to the world its first 13th Gen Core processors with the introduction of its state-of-the-art i9-13900K CPU. Intel has currently only shown us six of their 13th generation processors, but has stated that their 13th generation PC family will consist of 22 processors. This announcement is fascinating because it comes just days after AMD unveiled its desktop-class processors, setting the tone for an epic semiconductor battle this October.

Intel revealed that the 13th generation processors are built on an upgraded version of the Intel 7 process, which was previously used on the 12th generation processors. Although the manufacturing process remains the same, the new processors come with many improvements such as better energy efficiency and a higher number of cores.

For example, the new core i9 processors are now available with up to 24 cores (8P cores and 16 E cores) and an increased boost clock of 5.6 GHz, making the new chips 15% better in single-threaded tasks and up to 41% better in multi-threaded workloads.

Intel has also included some other important additions to its new chips. First, the amount of cache increases as the L2 cache increases from 1 MB per P-core to 2 MB and from 2 MB to 4 MB per E-core group. Processor Name Processor Cores/ Threads Cache Size (L3/L2) Turbo Frequency (P/E) Base Frequency (P/E) Base PowerEst. PriceCore i9-13900K24 (8P, 16E)/3236MB/ 32MB5.8GHz/4.3GHz3.0/2.2125 watts$589Core i9-13900KF24 (8P, 16E)/3236MB/8GHz2.5.t/32125 watts 4Core i7 -13700K16 (8P , 8E)/2430MB/ 24MB5.4GHz/4.2GHz3.4/2.5125 watts$409Core i7-13700KF16 (8P, 8E)/2430MB/24MB5.4GHz/4.352 watts/4.352 watts 500K14 (6p, 8E)/2024MB/20MB5. 1GHz/3.9GHz3.5/2.6125 watts$319Core i5-13500KF14 (6p, 8E)/2024MB/20MB5.1GHz/3.9GHz3.5/2.6ts$29$29