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6 Cores, 12 Threads @4.7GHz, Zen4.
Release date: Q3 2022.

Effective Speed 
+15%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 389,731 user samples
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383,420 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 107% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 83% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg)
Poor: 83% Great: 107%
SPEED RANK: 107th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
6,311 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 120% Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 101% Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 101% Great: 120%
SPEED RANK: 41st / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 110%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 113%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 106%
UFO
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		95.9 % 110 % Faster effective speed.
+15%
External Data: 1080p 
+20%
20 Oct22|HardwareLUXX
The Dino Intel is not yet extinct:... 		SpiderM 0%, DoomE 1% 22 % Control 22%, CPunk 11%, RiftB 45%, TWarTroy 54%, F122 24%
20 Oct22|Techpowerup
Intel Core i5-13600K Review - Best... 		14 % Forza5 3%, AoE4 19%, Bord3 18%, FarC6 27%, WatchDL 18%, BFV 14%, CPunk 1%, EldenR 7%, RDR2 0%, Civ6 28%, CSGO 32%, DoomE 0%
20 Oct22|Tweakers
Intel 13th Gen Core Raptor Lake Re... 		RDR2 0%, MetroEx 2% 8 % FarC6 27%, F122 2%, TWarW3 11%
20 Oct22|Linustechtips
We were afraid to publish this vid... 		36 % Factorio 51%, Forza5 20%, Hitm3 48%, FarC6 33%, SotTR 32%, CPunk 36%, CSGO 39%, TinTW 26%, TWarW3 37%
Average Score 
+21%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		84 Pts +3% 81.7 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		162 Pts 202 Pts Faster single-core speed.
+25%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		315 Pts 392 Pts Faster dual-core speed.
+24%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		580 Pts 746 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+29%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		883 Pts 1166 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+32%
Overclocked Score 
+19%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		93.8 Pts +3% 91.2 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		172 Pts 213 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+24%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		342 Pts 419 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+23%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		667 Pts 821 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+23%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		989 Pts 1254 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+27%
Value & Sentiment 
+86%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		1.21 % Hugely higher market share.
+290% 		0.31 %
Value
Value For Money 		121 % 122 % +1%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		94 % More popular.
+16% 		81 %
Price
Price (score) 		$119 Much cheaper.
+39% 		$195
Nice To Haves 
+17%
Age
Newest 		41 Months 19 Months Much more recent.
+54%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+38% 		105 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores 		6 cores 6 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads 		12 threads 12 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process 		7 nm 5 nm Newer manufacturing.
+29%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed 		3.7 GHz 4.7 GHz Faster base frequency.
+27%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		4.6 GHz 5.3 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+15%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		1160 Pts 1504 Pts Faster OC 64-core speed.
+30%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		1055 Pts 1429 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+35%
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Zen3 Zen4
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		AM4 AM5
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		None RDNA2
Conclusion 
Average Bench 95.9%
Average Bench 110%
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Within minutes of the first, pre-release, 7000 series userbenchmark results, AMD’s marketers broadcast a 20% win over the 12900K via thousands of anonymous twitter, reddit, forum and youtube accounts. Buying new AMD products is like buying used cars: it takes time, experience and a taste for sales hype. It’s difficult for consumers to make rational choices while AMD completely dominates “sponsored news” and social media channels. Ten years ago, when AMD was the underdog, this type of marketing was understandable. Today, with a capitalization of $150 Billion USD, it’s disrespectful to AMD's own users. Even with Intel's marketing department asleep at the wheel, Ryzen will quickly end up in the same state as Radeon. Following a series of overhyped releases, consumers have little interest in the Radeon brand. The combined market share for all of AMD’s (discrete) Radeon RX 5000 and 6000 GPUs (Steam stats) is just 2%. Although the new 7000 series Zen4 CPUs are actually around 15% faster than their predecessors, they have hefty cooling requirements (TDP +60% vs 5000 series), 30 second BIOS post times, expensive DDR5 RAM requirements and only work with expensive motherboards. Despite the 7000 series struggling to match Intel’s outgoing 12th gen, AMD market it as a “future proof” platform! They want users to pay a premium for last gen performance in exchange for the shallow promise of upgrades in the future. Over the next few days, Intel’s 13th gen (Raptor Lake) will launch. Shoppers will do well to wait until then. Despite AMD’s Neanderthal marketing techniques, it’s hard not to admire their technical progress. AMD-Raptor4 and Intel-Zen13 would be better fitting product names. [Sep '22 CPUPro]

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