Intel is launching its quickest desktop processor but, breaking the 6GHz barrier at inventory speeds for the primary time. The brand new Core i9-13900KS relies on the 13th technology Core i9-13900Okay, which approached the 6GHz barrier with its 5.8GHz turbo frequency final 12 months. The brand new i9-13900KS can be available in shops immediately, priced at $699.
The 13900KS is the primary processor to achieve 6GHz with out overclocking, utilizing Intel Thermal Velocity Increase know-how to achieve that 6GHz barrier and enhance PC gaming efficiency. Nevertheless, it does so utilizing extra electrical energy. The bottom energy of the 13900Okay was 125 watts, and Intel elevated it to 150 watts on the 13900KS. At max turbo energy it can hit simply over 250 watts – identical because the 13900Okay.
Aside from energy and turbo frequencies, the 13900KS is usually equivalent to the 13900Okay. It has the identical 24 cores (eight efficiency cores and 16 effectivity cores), 32 threads, 36 MB of Intel Sensible Cache and 20 PCIe lanes (16 PCIe 5 and 4 PCIe four).
The Z790 and Z690 motherboards will assist the 13900KS with a BIOS replace, and retailers will begin stocking the packaged CPU on cabinets immediately, and in OEM techniques as effectively. MSRP is $699.
Intel’s newest processor comes simply weeks earlier than AMD launches its Ryzen 7000 X3D processors. AMD claims its flagship Ryzen 9 7950X3D chip would be the “final processor for players and creators,” with guarantees of 15 to 25 p.c higher efficiency in CPU-bound video games at 1080p.