The Intel Raptor Lake Processors of the 13th Generation for Desktop PCs will be the development of the 12th generation Alder Lake family. Both are based on the hybrid nucleus architecture, and the first uses the kernel X86 Golden Cove, and the second is the Raptor Cove kernel. And Alder Lake, and Raptor Lake are equipped with the Intel Gracemont Atom cores, known as E-Cores, although Raptor Lake will increase the total number of such kernels up to 16 from the existing 8. This will increase the number of cores up to 24 cores and 32 threads compared to 16. nuclei and 24 streams that we get on the flagship Core i9-12900k.

In addition to this change, the Intel is expected to significantly increase the size of the cache memory for its Raptor Lake line of the 13th generation. It is expected that the Core i9-13900K flagship processor will have up to 68 MB of cache as part of its new "Game Cache". This hearing was first launched @oneraichu last year, and since then many other technical leaders and insiders report the same:

Now @oneraichu has one more rumor about the Intel Raptor Lake line of the 13th generation, and this is the core frequency. According to rumors, it is expected that Intel will increase the clock frequency of its P-cores up to 300 MHz. Currently, the fastest Intel processor in production is Core i9-12900KS with a maximum clock frequency of up to 5.5 GHz. The Raptor Lake frequency jump for 200-300 MHz will mean that the blue team seeks to overcome the limit of the clock frequency of 5.5 GHz for the retail chip and move to the mark of 5.7-5.8 GHz.

This will definitely be a huge magnification, but we cannot say for sure whether it is specifically to the Core i9-13900K or its version of KS. Despite this, it makes sense to increase clock frequencies, since Raptor Cove kernels are still 8 physical nuclei with 16 threads. The main changes will be overhaul of Uarch and an additional cache, so the addition of the clock frequency is sugar on top.

It will force Intel to keep your clock leadership, but we have to see whether it will occur due to higher energy consumption. Intel Core i9-12900Ks has already received an increase in 19 W while increasing the clock frequency by 300 MHz. Another jump on a 200-300 MHz can lead to an additional 20-30 W, as a result of which the maximum rated power in the turbojama for the Intel Raptor Lake flagship approaches 300 W (against 260 W for I9-12900KS). In addition, it is planned that the processor will have extended overclocking capabilities.

In addition, although this may not be so for the Intel Raptor Lake line, Dr. Yang Katres from Techtech Potato recently wrote on Twitter, which is expected that the next generation Intel Atom cores will have a clock frequency of more than 4.5 GHz. This will be true for Intel Meteor Lake and future chips using the next generation atom kernels. Currently, the Intel Gracemont Atom core reaches the maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz, so that this is at least 15% of increment.