Chipset-making giant Intel on Tuesday unveiled its latest 13th Gen Intel Core processor series in India, including six new unlocked desktop processors, led by the 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900K, which is the world’s fastest desktop processor with 24 cores and 32 threads and a clock speed of up to 5.8GHz for ultra-fast gaming, streaming and recording experience.
The 13th Gen Intel Core processor family is led by the Intel Core K series of unlocked processors while the 13th Gen Intel Core desktop family consists of 22 processors and more than 125 partner system designs.
Intel has not announced the pricing of its 13th Gen processors in India. The US prices of the processors are below:
The US price of i9-13900K is $589.
The US price of i9-13900KF is $564.
The US price of i7-13700K is $409.
The US price of i7-13700KF is $384.
The US price of i5-13600K is $319.
The US price of i513600KF is $294.
“Intel is at the heart of gaming innovation, collaborating across the ecosystem to architect the most powerful experiences for gamers and creators. In the last decade, the overall gaming trend in India has grown tremendously, and this presents us with a great opportunity to demonstrate what's possible with the PC experience going forward. Our latest generation of 13th Gen Intel Core Processors raises the bar once again for PC performance," Santhosh Viswanathan, Managing Director- Intel India, said in a statement.
"The response we have received till now has been phenomenal and we are extremely optimistic about its future.”
Building on a matured Intel 7 process and Intel’s performance hybrid architecture, 13th Gen Intel Core desktop processors enable better system performance – even through the most demanding of multitasking workloads. This includes up to 15 per cent better single-threaded performance and up to 41 per cent better multi-threaded performance.
The 13th Gen Intel Core “K” processors also offer an unmatched overclocking experience for everyone – from experts to beginners. 13th Gen Intel Core processor users can see higher average overclocking speeds across P-cores, E-cores, and DDR5 memory.
The chip maker has also updated its easy one-click overclocking feature, Intel Speed Optimizer, to support 13th Gen Intel Core unlocked processors so users can overclock with minimal effort. And the robust Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 3.0 ecosystem provides a wide selection of overclocking modules. When coupled with Intel Dynamic Memory Boost, this feature provides a hassle-free memory overclocking experience with both DDR4 and DDR5.