Alleged sample of the impending Intel Core i9-13900K processor sells on black market place

Why it matters: As we get nearer to the formal Raptor Lake reveal, some engineering samples are sure to discover their way into the arms of prospective black market dwellers. An early edition of the Core i9-13900K was reportedly offered this week, so it'll be attention-grabbing to see if this will spawn some new benchmarks of the however-to-be-unveiled 13th-gen flagship CPU.

Intel's to start with Raport Lake processors are envisioned to launch later on this calendar year, and they are going to be the very last to be created using the Intel 7 process node. From that point of view, there isn't considerably to anticipate in phrases of functionality advancements or new architectural characteristics, and Workforce Blue was decidedly imprecise about this when it talked over its roadmap at an investor meeting before this year.

The rumor mill spilled a couple benchmarks operate making use of engineering samples of the approaching Core i9-13900, and the results appear promising for people who are aiming to skip Alder Lake. Multi-threaded general performance on the Raptor Lake flagship may possibly see a 20 p.c enhance in excess of the Core i9-12900K when working at the similar clocks, generally thanks to some additional efficiency cores.

Some speculate the new 13th-gen processors will also have some thermal headroom for bigger enhance clocks on just one or two cores, but it's much too early to convey to. Having said that, we could before long have answers to that dilemma and numerous other individuals, as a person reportedly bought a Core i9-13900K engineering sample on the black market place.

If this is the actual deal — and there is a quite significant prospect it is just not — the customer could have managed to receive an early engineering sample that is now out of date. The listing does include things like a intended screenshot of CPU-Z displaying the aspect as acquiring 8 performance cores (Raptor Cove) and 16 performance cores (Gracemont), but the aspect exactly where the important data is was obscured, so it is really hard to explain to if this is indeed a Raptor Lake CPU.

Curiously, the sample was detailed at 2850 yuan, or close to $424. This is remarkably reduced for an engineering sample sold months just before the official start. At the exact same time, the seller statements the CPU will function when mounted on an Asus Z690 ROG Apex motherboard, and can also be overclocked.

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