Intel brings 13th Gen desktop CPUs and Arc GPUs in the Philippines!

Held in Whitespace Manila, Makati last November 5, 2022. Intel brings its latest desktop processors and the new Arc series GPUs into the country.

The launch venue

Intel 13th Gen CPUs and Arc A-series GPUs are now in PH!

To recap the 13th Gen series also known as the Raptor Lake uses hybrid architecture. The whole lineup consists of 6 variants from Core i5 to i9.

All variants

Intel says these new processor promises to bring 15 percent single-threaded performance and a 41 percent increase in multi-threaded performance versus its predecessor known as the 12th Gen series.

The Core i9 version

The top variant which will be the Core i9-13900K uses 24 cores. It is a combination of 8 performance cores and 16 Efficiency cores). It also has 32 threads, 32MB L2 cache, 36MB L3 Cache and draws 125W of power. The base clock sits at 4.3GHz while the peak clock speed can reach up to 4.8GHz and a maximum of 253W TDP.

The chipmaker also mentioned that it brings 24 percent more gaming performance and 34 percent improvement in terms of content creation.

Below are the details of the whole 13th Gen Intel Core Raptor Lake processors:

Intel Core i9-13900K - 24c/32t, 36MB L3 cache, 32MB L2 cache, 4.3GHz base clock, 5.8GHz boost clock, 125TDP, Intel UHD Graphics 770 iGPU

Intel Core i9-13900KF - 24c/32t, 36MB L3 cache, 32MB L2 cache, 4.3GHz base clock, 5.8GHz boost clock, 125TDP

Intel Core i7-13700K - 16c/24t, 30MB L3 cache, 30MB L2 cache, 4.2GHz base clock, 5.4GHz boost clock, 125TDP, Intel UHD Graphics 770 iGPU

Intel Core i7-13700KF - 16c/24t, 30MB L3 cache, 30MB L2 cache, 4.2GHz base clock, 5.4GHz boost clock, 125TDP

Intel Core i5-13600K - 14c/20t, 24MB L3 cache, 20MB L2 cache, 3.9GHz base clock, 5.1GHz boost clock, 125TDP, Intel UHD Graphics 770 iGPU

Intel Core i5-13600K - 14c/20t, 24MB L3 cache, 20MB L2 cache, 3.9GHz base clock, 5.1GHz boost clock, 125TDP

All 6 variants will have 20 CPI PCIe lanes which comprise 16 PCIe 5.0 and 4 PCIe 4.0. They also support DDR5 and DDR4 memory as well as Z790 and 600-series of motherboards.

The Arc GPUs

Moving forward, Intel also revealed its line of A-Series Arc Desktop Graphics Cards. To recall this is the chipmaker's way to compete with the likes of NVIDIA and AMD. All of these cards are designed to work with any modern games using DirectX 12. They also have Ray Tracing units for more realistic images.

Below is the list of Intel Arc Graphics along with the details:

Intel Arc A380 - 8 Xe cores, 8 Ray Tracing units, 2,000MHz, 6GB GDDR6, 186 GB/s memory bandwidth, 75W TDP

Intel Arc A580 - 24 Xe cores, 24 Ray Tracing units, 1,700MHz, 8GB GDDR6, 512 GB/s memory bandwidth, 175W TDP

Intel Arc A750 - 28 Xe cores, 28 Ray Tracing units, 2,050MHz, 8GB GDDR6, 512 GB/s memory bandwidth, 225W TDP

Intel Arc A770 - 32 Xe cores, 32 Ray Tracing units, 2,100MHz, 8GB GDDR6, 512 GB/s memory bandwidth, 225W TDP

Intel Arc A770 - 32 Xe cores, 32 Ray Tracing units, 2,100MHz, 16GB GDDR6, 560 GB/s memory bandwidth, 225W TDP

Another notable feature of these GPUs is the Intel XeSS which is similar to NVIDIA DLSS or AMD FSR. It is Intel's own version of super sampling which will let users tweak the native resolution to high resolution at the expense of frame rate or get more fps but reduces picture quality.

The entry-level Arc A380

As per Intel, the prices of these products will vary depending on the resellers. You may check the brand's Official list of resellers for the 13th Gen CPUs and Arc GPUs. For Arc-Powered laptops, you may head to this link.

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