We test every component using a rigorous methodology to determine how each part performs. Now for the section you’ve all been waiting for – benchmarking. For those looking to push the new 13th Gen CPUs past the 6GHz boundary, you’ll need a motherboard with an ample amount of VRMs and cooling to achieve this. Although all of the 600 and 700 series motherboards are compatible, the 13700K is more suited to a higher-end motherboard based on its overclocking capability and performance. The ‘H#70’ series chipsets are also a good option, but you unfortunately won’t be able to overclock on these options. If you’re upgrading your motherboard as well, the Z790 and Z690 chipsets would be our recommendation. If you’re looking to pick up this CPU when it initially lands, we’d recommend pairing it up with one of Nvidia‘s 3070 or 3080 GPUs (dependent on the kind of system you’re going for), or on the AMD side, an RX 6750XT or 6800XT will also be perfectly fine. Intel’s Core i7 13700K is one of the second mid-range options available on the 13th Gen launch. Intel tend to discontinue a socket after two generations, so upgrade paths will unfortunately be locked behind this LGA1700 socket. I’d like to note as well, that although we’ve still got access to the LGA1700 socket on 13th Gen, don’t expect this to be the same for a potential Intel 14th Gen launch. It seems Intel are not pulling any punches with this launch, and it appears AMD’s crown might be stolen once again by Team Blue. The Intel 13th gen range looks very promising, and we’re excited to show off the performance and power of these new processors. But as we’ve found with many of our reviews, this can be a bit hit and miss with some options. The new CPUs are also compatible with the current 600-series motherboard chipsets ( Z690, B660, H670, H610), but there are new options offering better connectivity with support for newer features on cheaper boards. You still get access to all of the new generation of features such as PCI-E 5.0 and DDR5 support, but Intel has decided to still preserve DDR4 compatibility for the cheaper motherboard options out there. The remainder of the Raptor Lake architecture is relatively similar to that of its 12th Gen predecessor. This is particularly important to note as single-threaded performance is often the main driver of CPU performance within games. The Intel Core i7 13700K sits on par (in terms of market positioning) with the Ryzen 7 7700X, which offers incredible single-threaded performance. The entire range of 13th gen CPUs has been given a big bump when it comes to cores and clock speeds, which will be one of the main factors in just how well how they perform versus AMD’s Ryzen 7000 CPUs. The Core i7 13700K, this CPU has seen a significant boost in the amount of cores, with a bump up to 16 in total, which is four more than the previous model i7 12700K. Raptor Lake is a refined version of this very same process, pairing the process node with revamped x86 architecture, which means that the new CPUs will be combining high performance cores with high efficiency cores.
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