Intel's next-generation flagship processor was spotted in a leaked benchmark, with the Raptor Lake chip showing good speed.
The Core i9-13900K was featured in PassMark, as Tum_Apisak brought it to our attention on Twitter (courtesy of VideoCardz (opens in a new tab)), with the processor ranked at four samples.
The 13900K scored 4833 (average) for single-threaded performance, which is about 15% faster than its predecessor (and nearly 10% faster than the 12900KS special edition). A pretty impressive performance that earned him first place in the PassMark rankings here.
For multi-threading, the 13900K hit 54 points, which is 433% faster than the 31K and actually almost 12900% faster than the Ryzen 20 9X on PassMark's CPU brand. Again, it's a good first demo and it certainly raised expectations for what the Raptor Lake flagship could offer, although we always have to be very careful with leaked benchmarks.
Analysis: Promising things, and a sign that Raptor Lake is coming soon?
Obviously this is just a reference set, and four example runs, as stated, so there is a limit to what we can infer here. PassMark isn't quite the benchmark we'd most expect to see in the leaks either, but it's a piece of the puzzle nonetheless when it comes to the 13900K's overall performance. But that's all: a piece, and not a central part of the puzzle, many will say.
At the same time, there's no denying that the kind of improvement on display here is eye-opening. Sadly, what we don't yet have are the next-gen Ryzen 7000 processors featured in PassMark, which would obviously be the most illuminating comparison. And that's a bit strange, because AMD's Zen 4 chips are imminent, in fact, on September 27, and the Raptor Lake silicon has yet to be revealed. (This reveal is believed to happen on the same day the Ryzen 7000 goes on sale, which seems like a difficult move by AMD to take the wind out of Intel's sails.)
The Raptor Lake chips won't go on sale until next month, apparently mid-October or so, but perhaps these references showing up now are a glimmer of hope that they could debut earlier in October than later. We'll see, but at least it indicates that Intel's 13th Gen processors aren't behind on their supposed release schedule, anyway.
We already know that the 13900K can jump to 5,8GHz (albeit briefly) in stock, and a future chip, presumably the 13900KS, which should reappear as a higher-tier special edition of the flagship, is on the way. GHz, Intel recently let us know. And again, it depends on stock performance, as a default, right out of the box.
Raptor Lake is certainly in impressive shape, then, but so is AMD's Zen 4, with the next-gen flagship Ryzen 7950X already breaking world records in some benchmarks where top gamers used stuff. like liquid nitrogen, and yet the 7950X worked on you. can-do-this-at-home standard.
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