Intel Core i7-13700K, 8C+8c/24T, 3.40-5.40GHz, boxed ohne Kühler

Mit Raptor Lake hat Intel die Hybrid-Architektur der letzten Generation spürbar weiterentwickelt. Die Leistung des Core i9-13900K und Core i7-13700K liegt nennenswert über dem Core i9-12900K. Beide Raptor-Lake-CPUs schlagen zudem in allen Tests die direkte Konkurrenz von AMD. Damit ist Intel wieder Performance- und Gaming-König, aber auf Kosten eines meist höheren Stromverbrauchs.

Intel und AMD haben es schon wieder getan - die schnellsten CPUs der Welt gebaut. PCGH hat Raptor Lake in Form des Core i9-13900K, Core i7-13700K und Core i5-13600K im Test genauestens unter die Lupe genommen und prüft Spielleistung, Effizienz und Alltagstauglichkeit. Ist Zen 4 besiegt? Oder gelingt Intel das erneut nur mit der TDP-Keule?

Intel Raptor Lake als Refresh der Alder-Lake-Architektur ist da. Zum Start hat ComputerBase Core i9-13900K, i7-13700K und i5-13600K unter die Lupe genommen: Der Test mit Benchmarks in Apps und Spielen sowie IPC-, Takt- und Effizienz-Analysen vermittelt einen umfassenden Eindruck der neuen Generation – Überraschungen inklusive.

The Intel Core i7-13700K consumes more power than the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X, but it also provides a significant performance improvement. The Core i7-13700K price-to-performance advantage becomes even more articulated when we include the price of motherboards and memory. Intel maintained compatibility for DDR4 memory, paving the way for substantially less expensive memory and motherboards compared to AMD's AM5 ecosystem, which requires DDR5 memory. Intel proclaims that you will not experience any big performance loss if you use a 600-series motherboard from an earlier generation providing it has enough power delivery, opening up another route for value seekers. The 13700K's cooling requirements are not quite as demanding as those of the 13900K, but its increased power budget necessitates more capable coolers than we are used to utilising Core i7. AMD's chips consume less power and are more efficient, but they operate at elevated temperatures (95C may be expected) and now require up to 230W of power to match the 13700K's threaded performance. Hence, the differences are not as apparent as they once were. Suppose you are searching for more value in a high-performance processor for gaming and complex workloads. In that case, the Core i7-13700K has enough power to compete with AMD's Ryzen 9 in productivity applications while also being an agile gaming chip that matches Core i9 gaming performance at Core i7 pricing a product to recommend and consider.

Intel's Core i7-13700K is the third SKU of the first wave of "Raptor Lake" processors. It comes with an 8+8 CPU core config, and sits in-between the Core i5-13600K (6+8 cores, 20 threads), and the Core i9-13900K flagship (8+16 cores, 32 threads). With Raptor Lake, Intel is putting additional focus on the P- and E-Core hybrid architecture that was introduced with Alder Lake, but there's not just "more", the processor also got smarter.