Intel Core i9 13900K performance test results released: Fast yet power hungry!

The flagship model of Intel’s 13th generation Core processors Core i9 13900K It seems that it will provide the performance it promises to users, but it will upset them in terms of power consumption. Information from multiple sources shows that the Core i9 13900K is a pretty power hungry processor.

General performance values

Most Core i9 13900K The review has two things in common: Details on performance and power consumption. When we look at the information obtained in the tests, gaming performanceAMD’s top model of the Core i9 13900K in terms of Ryzen 9 7950X‘I 5-10 percent We see it in the middle. It is also a valuable detail that processor performances converge when resolution increases and both processor generations are sensitive to high-speed memories. In application-based rendering and encode performance, we can assume that the processors are equivalent.

Energy consumption

on the other hand Core i9 13900Kno matter how good the game performance looks, power consumption and just as bad in energy efficiency . First of all, it is useful to mention the TDP prices that Intel has determined for the Core i9 13900K: PL1 125W and PL2 253W.

However, when looking at the data collected from multiple sources, the power rating of the Core i9 13900K to achieve maximum performance exceeds these values ​​by 20 to 40 percent. In heavy synthetic tests Core i9 13900Kof alone 300W It draws attention that he sometimes crosses this threshold. For example scenario conditions Ryzen 9 7950X, on the other hand, does not exceed 250W.

Due to Intel’s PL2 It can be concluded that the values ​​do not say much. However, it should be noted that the faulty person here is not Intel. Because the power transfer to the CPU and not complying with its limitations Most of the responsibility lies with the motherboard manufacturer.exists.

In everyday usage scenariosin the middle of the processors scissors are narrowing . Again, the Core i9 13900K is the side that consumes more power, but the differences in the middle vary compared to the process in the middle of 10-30W. The difference between the processors in the office pedestals is quite low.

Energy efficiency

In gaming conditions, the difference is mostly in the middle of 20 to 30W. To better explain the situation square per watt It is enough to look at the number. In this way, we can predict the efficiency of processors on a game basis. In this context Core i9 13900K, per watt 2.09 FPSwhile you can get Ryzen 7950Xif 2.52 FPS can achieve. On the other hand, Core i9 12600 reaches 3.78 FPS in the same test, Ryzen 7 5800X3D 4.10 FPS and Ryzen 5 7600X 4.47 FPS. Similarly, it is seen that Core i9 13900K provides almost 100W more power consumption to achieve the same score with Ryzen 9 7950X, according to Cinebench’s power consumption scale.

Cooling performance

In fact, both Ryzen 9 7950Xas well as Core i9 13900K they are not the smoothest in terms of cooling and temperature performance. In daily usage scenarios, the temperature costs of the processors will not be a problem, but in heavy and heavily loaded usage scenarios for both processors, especially for the Core i9 13900K. a great cooler base. Because in scenarios that exhaust the processor such as gaming, Core i9 13900K seems to run hotter than Ryzen 7950X in many cases. in some cases Core i9 13900Kof Throttling It is seen that the processor reduces its performance (GHz) to protect itself due to the high temperatures, which are called as In stress tests, which will not be encountered in daily use, this situation becomes much more noticeable.

As a result Core i9 13900K and Ryzen 9 7950X will not upset their users in terms of performance, as well as Intel 13th Generation Core Raptor Lake and Ryzen 7000. Both platforms bring huge performance gains compared to the previous generation. In some scenarios, the 7950X is ahead, while in some scenarios the 13900K is ahead. In terms of power consumption, it is obvious that Intel has an obvious disadvantage, but the Core i9 13900K is generally ahead in performance, albeit drawing an extra 100W.