Intel Core i9-13900K Review

1. Introducing Intel Core i9-13900K2. Intel's bold claims about 13th Gen3. Performance and Testing: Cinebench R234. Cinebench R23 Single Core, Blender and HandBrake5. Performance: AIDA64 and 3DMark6. Gaming: Far Cry 6 and Hitman 37. Gaming: SOTTR and Borderlands 38. Closing Thoughts9. View All Pages

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

In Cinebench R23 the Core i9-13900K effectively ties with Ryzen 9 7950X thanks to those P-cores running at 5.5GHz sustained. When we add in some G.Skill DDR5-6800 the i9 sneaks the win.

Cinebench R23 Power Consumption

Power consumption is an issue as Core i9 runs at 253W sustained and that is considerably more than Ryzen 9. It is, however, a useful improvement over Core i9-12900K.

Cinebench R23 Performance per Watt

Take the Cinebench score and divide by power draw and we have Cinebench R23 per Watt. This is a win for AMD however Intel is in the mix and that hasn't been the case for many years.

Cinebench R23 Performance Cost

When we look at the cost of Cinebench scores in GBP £ we see the new Intel Core i9 doing well which indicates that AMD is charging a premium for Zen 4.

Cinebench R23 – Temperatures

The new Core i9 runs considerably cooler than its 12th Gen counterpart and that is despite the increased clock speed.

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