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Intel Core i9-13900T

Intel Core i9-13900T: Power in an Energy-Efficient Format

An overview of the processor for those who value the balance between performance and energy savings

Key Specifications: Raptor Lake in a Compact Package

Architecture and Manufacturing Process

The Intel Core i9-13900T processor, built on the Raptor Lake architecture, continues the tradition of a hybrid approach with a combination of Performance-cores (P-cores) and Efficient-cores (E-cores). It features 24 cores (8 P-cores + 16 E-cores) and 32 threads, providing multitasking capabilities on par with top models. The Intel 7 process (10 nm Enhanced SuperFin) is optimized for reducing power consumption without sacrificing speed.

Performance and Key Features

- Hybrid Architecture: P-cores operate at frequencies up to 5.3 GHz (Turbo Boost Max 3.0) for "heavy" tasks, while E-cores (up to 3.9 GHz) handle background processes.

- 36 MB L3 Cache: Reduces latency when processing data.

- Intel® UHD Graphics 770: Integrated graphics support 4K/60 Hz and AV1 hardware decoding.

- Geekbench 6: 2812 (Single-Core), 15784 (Multi-Core) — results are close to desktop monsters like the i9-13900K, but with a TDP of only 35 W.

Features:

- Supports PCIe 5.0 (up to 16 lanes) and Thunderbolt 4;

- Intel Thread Director technology for optimizing task allocation among cores;

- DLVR (Digital Linear Voltage Regulator) — reduces power consumption by 20-25% in idle mode.

Compatible Motherboards: Choosing a Platform

Sockets and Chipsets

The processor uses the LGA 1700 socket, compatible with Z790, B760, H770 chipsets.

- Z790: For enthusiasts — unlocked multiplier, RAM overclocking support (up to DDR5-7200), and 8-layer PCB for stability. Example: ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming ($350–400).

- B760: Budget option with support for DDR5 and PCIe 5.0. Example: MSI B760 Tomahawk WiFi ($180–220).

- H770: Basic features, no overclocking. Suitable for office builds.

Tip: If you plan to use DDR4, choose boards that support both standards (e.g., Gigabyte Z790 AORUS Elite AX DDR4).

Supported Memory Types: DDR4 vs DDR5

The processor works with DDR5-5600 and DDR4-3200.

- DDR5: Higher bandwidth (up to 48 GB/s) but more expensive. For instance, a 32 GB (2x16) DDR5-5600 kit from Corsair costs $120–150.

- DDR4: Budget-friendly choice. 32 GB DDR4-3200 will cost $70–90.

Recommendation: For work tasks (rendering, encoding), DDR5 is preferable. For gaming and everyday use, DDR4 will suffice.

Power Supplies: Energy Efficiency First

With a nominal TDP of 35 W, the actual consumption under load reaches 100–120 W (PL2).

- Minimum: 500 W (considering a discrete graphics card). Example: Corsair CX550M ($70).

- Optimal: 650–750 W (headroom for upgrades). Example: Seasonic FOCUS GX-750 ($130).

- Certifications: 80 Plus Gold or higher for efficiency >90%.

Important: In compact PCs (Mini-ITX), choose power supplies with modular cables (e.g., Cooler Master V750 SFX Gold).

Pros and Cons of i9-13900T

Pros:

- 24-core power at laptop-level energy consumption;

- Integrated graphics for office tasks and media centers;

- Support for DDR4/DDR5 and PCIe 5.0.

Cons:

- High price ($450–500) compared to AMD Ryzen 9 7900 ($400);

- Limited overclocking on B760/H770 chipsets;

- Heating of P-cores up to 95°C under sustained load (requires good cooling).

Use Cases

Gaming

With a discrete graphics card (e.g., NVIDIA RTX 4070), the i9-13900T achieves over 120 FPS at 1440p (Cyberpunk 2077, Horizon Zero Dawn). Integrated graphics can handle CS2 or Dota 2 at medium settings (60 FPS at 1080p).

Work Tasks

- Rendering: In Blender (BMW scene), completes the test in 4.5 minutes (compared to 5.2 minutes for Ryzen 9 7900);

- Encoding: HandBrake (4K to H.265) — 15% faster than i7-13700T.

Multimedia

Ideal for home servers and media centers: AV1 support, HDMI 2.1, able to handle multiple 4K streams simultaneously.

Comparison with Competitors

- AMD Ryzen 9 7900 (12 cores, 24 threads, TDP 65 W): Cheaper ($400), but lags in multi-threaded tasks (Geekbench 6 Multi-Core: ~14500).

- Apple M3 Max (16 cores, 40 W): Better in energy efficiency but limited compatibility with Windows software.

Practical Assembly Tips

1. Cooling: Even at low TDP, opt for a tower cooler (e.g., Noctua NH-U12S) or a 240 mm AIO.

2. Case: For mini PCs — Fractal Design Ridge; for standard builds — Lian Li Lancool 216.

3. Storage: Use PCIe 5.0 SSDs (e.g., Samsung 990 Pro) for maximum speed.

Final Conclusion: Who is the i9-13900T For?

This processor is ideal for:

- Compact PC enthusiasts wanting to build a powerful system in a Mini-ITX case;

- Professionals needing multi-threaded performance without skyrocketing electric bills;

- Media centers where silence and support for modern codecs are crucial.

The price of $450–500 is justified if you value the balance between power and energy efficiency. For purely gaming PCs, it's better to opt for the i5-14600K + discrete GPU, but for versatile tasks, the i9-13900T is one of the best options on the market for 2025.

Basic

Label Name

Intel

Platform

Desktop

Launch Date

January 2023

Model Name

The Intel processor number is just one of several factors - along with processor brand, system configurations, and system-level benchmarks - to be considered when choosing the right processor for your computing needs.

i9-13900T

Code Name

Raptor Lake

CPU Specifications

Total Cores

Cores is a hardware term that describes the number of independent central processing units in a single computing component (die or chip).

Total Threads

Where applicable, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology is only available on Performance-cores.

Performance-cores

Efficient-cores

Max Turbo Frequency

Max Turbo Frequency is the maximum single-core frequency at which the processor is capable of operating using Intel® Turbo Boost Technology and, if present, Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 and Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost. Frequency is typically measured in gigahertz (GHz), or billion cycles per second.

5.30 GHz

Intel Turbo Boost Technology

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology dynamically increases the processor's frequency as needed by taking advantage of thermal and power headroom to give you a burst of speed when you need it, and increased energy efficiency when you don’t.

2.0

Intel Hyper-Threading Technology

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) delivers two processing threads per physical core. Highly threaded applications can get more work done in parallel, completing tasks sooner.

Yes

Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 Frequency

Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 identifies the best performing core(s) on a processor and provides increased performance on those cores through increasing frequency as needed by taking advantage of power and thermal headroom. Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 frequency is the clock frequency of the CPU when running in this mode.

5.30 GHz

Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0

Yes

L3 Cache

36 MB

CPU Socket

The socket is the component that provides the mechanical and electrical connections between the processor and motherboard.

FCLGA1700

Technology

Lithography refers to the semiconductor technology used to manufacture an integrated circuit, and is reported in nanometer (nm), indicative of the size of features built on the semiconductor.

Intel 7

TDP

35 W

Processor Base Power

The time-averaged power dissipation that the processor is validated to not exceed during manufacturing while executing an Intel-specified high complexity workload at Base Frequency and at the junction temperature as specified in the Datasheet for the SKU segment and configuration.

35 W

Maximum Turbo Power

The maximum sustained (>1s) power dissipation of the processor as limited by current and/or temperature controls. Instantaneous power may exceed Maximum Turbo Power for short durations (<=10ms). Note: Maximum Turbo Power is configurable by system vendor and can be system specific.

106 W

Max. Operating Temperature

Junction Temperature is the maximum temperature allowed at the processor die.

100°C

PCI Express Version

PCI Express Revision is the supported version of the PCI Express standard. Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (or PCIe) is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard for attaching hardware devices to a computer. The different PCI Express versions support different data rates.

5.0 and 4.0

Number of PCI Express Lanes

A PCI Express (PCIe) lane consists of two differential signaling pairs, one for receiving data, one for transmitting data, and is the basic unit of the PCIe bus. Max # of PCI Express Lanes is the total number of supported lanes.

Intel 64

Intel® 64 architecture delivers 64-bit computing on server, workstation, desktop and mobile platforms when combined with supporting software.¹ Intel 64 architecture improves performance by allowing systems to address more than 4 GB of both virtual and physical memory.

Yes

Instruction Set

The instruction set is a hard program stored inside the CPU that guides and optimizes CPU operations. With these instruction sets, the CPU can run more efficiently. There are many manufacturers that design CPUs, which results in different instruction sets, such as the 8086 instruction set for the Intel camp and the RISC instruction set for the ARM camp. x86, ARM v8, and MIPS are all codes for instruction sets. Instruction sets can be extended; for example, x86 added 64-bit support to create x86-64. Manufacturers developing CPUs that are compatible with a certain instruction set need authorization from the instruction set patent holder. A typical example is Intel authorizing AMD, enabling the latter to develop CPUs compatible with the x86 instruction set.

64-bit

PCI Express Configurations

PCI Express (PCIe) Configurations describe the available PCIe lane configurations that can be used to link to PCIe devices.

Up to 1x16+4 | 2x8+4

Memory Specifications

Memory Type

Intel® processors come in four different types: Single Channel, Dual Channel, Triple Channel, and Flex Mode. Maximum supported memory speed may be lower when populating multiple DIMMs per channel on products that support multiple memory channels.

Up to DDR5 5600 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s

Max Memory Size

Max memory size refers to the maximum memory capacity supported by the processor.

192 GB

Memory Channels

The number of memory channels refers to the bandwidth operation for real world application.

Max Memory Bandwidth

Max Memory bandwidth is the maximum rate at which data can be read from or stored into a semiconductor memory by the processor (in GB/s).

89.6 GB/s

ECC Memory Supported

ECC Memory Supported indicates processor support for Error-Correcting Code memory. ECC memory is a type of system memory that can detect and correct common kinds of internal data corruption. Note that ECC memory support requires both processor and chipset support.

Yes

GPU Specifications

Integrated Graphics Model

An integrated GPU refers to the graphics core that is integrated into the CPU processor. Leveraging the processor's powerful computational capabilities and intelligent power efficiency management, it delivers outstanding graphics performance and a smooth application experience at a lower power consumption.

Intel® UHD Graphics 770

Graphics Base Frequency

Graphics Base frequency refers to the rated/guaranteed graphics render clock frequency in MHz.

300 MHz

Graphics Frequency

Graphics max dynamic frequency refers to the maximum opportunistic graphics render clock frequency (in MHz) that can be supported using Intel® HD Graphics with Dynamic Frequency feature.

1.65 GHz

DirectX Support

DirectX* Support indicates support for a specific version of Microsoft’s collection of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) for handling multimedia compute tasks.

Execution Units

The Execution Unit is the foundational building block of Intel’s graphics architecture. Execution Units are compute processors optimized for simultaneous Multi-Threading for high throughput compute power.

Max Resolution (HDMI)

Max Resolution (HDMI) is the maximum resolution supported by the processor via the HDMI interface (24bits per pixel & 60Hz). System or device display resolution is dependent on multiple system design factors; actual resolution may be lower on your system.

4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz

Max Resolution (DP)

Max Resolution (DP) is the maximum resolution supported by the processor via the DP interface (24bits per pixel & 60Hz). System or device display resolution is dependent on multiple system design factors; actual resolution may be lower on your system.

7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Max Resolution (eDP - Integrated Flat Panel)

Max Resolution (Integrated Flat Panel) is the maximum resolution supported by the processor for a device with an integrated flat panel (24bits per pixel & 60Hz). System or device display resolution is dependent on multiple system design factors; actual resolution may be lower on your device.

5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz

Number of Displays Supported

Graphics Output

Graphics Output defines the interfaces available to communicate with display devices.

eDP 1.4b | DP 1.4a | HDMI 2.1

Miscellaneous

Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x)

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) allows one hardware platform to function as multiple “virtual” platforms. It offers improved manageability by limiting downtime and maintaining productivity by isolating computing activities into separate partitions.

Yes

Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)

Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) continues from the existing support for IA-32 (VT-x) and Itanium® processor (VT-i) virtualization adding new support for I/O-device virtualization. Intel VT-d can help end users improve security and reliability of the systems and also improve performance of I/O devices in virtualized environments.

Yes

Intel Standard Manageability (ISM)

Intel® Standard Manageability is the manageability solution for Intel vPro® Essentials platforms and is a subset of Intel® AMT with out-of-band management over Ethernet and Wi-Fi, but no KVM or new life cycle management features.

Intel® SSE4.1 | Intel® SSE4.2 | Intel® AVX2

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology is an advanced means of enabling high performance while meeting the power-conservation needs of mobile systems. Conventional Intel SpeedStep® Technology switches both voltage and frequency in tandem between high and low levels in response to processor load. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology builds upon that architecture using design strategies such as Separation between Voltage and Frequency Changes, and Clock Partitioning and Recovery.

Yes

Execute Disable Bit

Execute Disable Bit is a hardware-based security feature that can reduce exposure to viruses and malicious-code attacks and prevent harmful software from executing and propagating on the server or network.

Yes

Cache

CPU Cache is an area of fast memory located on the processor. Intel® Smart Cache refers to the architecture that allows all cores to dynamically share access to the last level cache.

36 MB Intel® Smart Cache

Intel AES New Instructions

Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) are a set of instructions that enable fast and secure data encryption and decryption. AES-NI are valuable for a wide range of cryptographic applications, for example: applications that perform bulk encryption/decryption, authentication, random number generation, and authenticated encryption.

Yes

Intel Active Management Technology (AMT)

Yes

Intel Volume Management Device (VMD)

Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD) provides a common, robust method of hot plug and LED management for NVMe-based solid state drives.

Yes

Intel Boot Guard

Intel® Device Protection Technology with Boot Guard helps protect the system’s pre-OS environment from viruses and malicious software attacks.

Yes

Intel Hardware Shield Eligibility

Yes

Intel Clear Video HD Technology

Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, like its predecessor, Intel® Clear Video Technology, is a suite of image decode and processing technologies built into the integrated processor graphics that improve video playback, delivering cleaner, sharper images, more natural, accurate, and vivid colors, and a clear and stable video picture. Intel® Clear Video HD Technology adds video quality enhancements for richer color and more realistic skin tones.

Yes

Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT), also known as Second Level Address Translation (SLAT), provides acceleration for memory intensive virtualized applications. Extended Page Tables in Intel® Virtualization Technology platforms reduces the memory and power overhead costs and increases battery life through hardware optimization of page table management.

Yes

Intel Control-Flow Enforcement Technology

CET - Intel Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) helps protect against the misuse of legitimate code snippets through return-oriented programming (ROP) control-flow hijacking attacks.

Yes

Intel Deep Learning Boost (Intel DL Boost)

Yes

Intel OS Guard

Yes

OpenGL Support

OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a cross-language, multi-platform API (Application Programming Interface) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics.

4.5

OpenCL Support

OpenCL (Open Computing Language) is a multi-platform API (Application Programming Interface) for heterogeneous parallel programming.

3.0

Intel Quick Sync Video

Intel® Quick Sync Video delivers fast conversion of video for portable media players, online sharing, and video editing and authoring.

Yes

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6

Single Core Score

2812

Geekbench 6

Multi Core Score

15784

Geekbench 5

Single Core Score

1891

Geekbench 5

Multi Core Score

19924

Passmark CPU

Single Core Score

4221

Passmark CPU

Multi Core Score

44297

Compared to Other CPU

Geekbench 6 Single Core

M4 Ultra

3978 +41.5%

Ryzen 9 PRO 7945

2852 +1.4%

Core i9-13900T

2812

Core i9-12900KF

2525 -10.2%

Snapdragon X Plus X1P-46-100

2375 -15.5%

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

M4 Max 16 Cores

26029 +64.9%

Core Ultra 7 265KF

18443 +16.8%

Core i9-13900T

15784

Core Ultra 7 265H

14117 -10.6%

EPYC 73F3

12870 -18.5%

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Core i9-14900KS

2536 +34.1%

Core i9-12900K

2010 +6.3%

Core i9-13900T

1891

Core i9-11900KF

1768 -6.5%

Ryzen 7 7700

1690 -10.6%

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Xeon Platinum 8460Y+

42440 +113%

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX

26178 +31.4%

Core i9-13900T

19924

Core i7-12800HX

16916 -15.1%

Core i7-12700K

14909 -25.2%

Passmark CPU Single Core

Core Ultra 9 285T

4873 +15.4%

M4 Max 16 Cores

4474 +6%

Core i9-13900T

4221

Xeon E-2468

4126 -2.3%

Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS

3984 -5.6%

Passmark CPU Multi Core

EPYC 7532

53051 +19.8%

Core i9-13980HX

47536 +7.3%

Core i9-13900T

44297

Core i7-14650HX

39286 -11.3%

EPYC 4364P

35865 -19%