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The 13th-gen Intel Raptor Lake CPUs are ideal options for thin laptops and IoT devices.
Back in September last year, Intel presented its 13th-gen Raptor Lake chips. Those chips are made for regular desktop machines, so we were waiting for Intel to show off its lineup for mobile devices. That happened at CES 2023, as Intel introduced its 13th-gen Raptor Lake CPUs for thin laptops and IoT devices. Considering what the company delivered, we’ve decided to enlist these chips amongst our ‘Best of CES 2023’ products. In other words, we’ve decided to hand out an award to Intel.
Intel actually announced its H-, P-, and U-series of Raptor Lake CPUs. There are quite a few differences between them. Using one over the other will, of course, depend on the product it’s being used in, and its tier. Intel decided to cover basically everything here, though, and it made sure to emphasize that these can be used for IoT devices as well, as they’re not exclusively made for laptops.
Intel announced 16 new Raptor Lake CPUs in total
Intel actually announced 16 new Raptor Lake CPUs at CES. It’s definitely worth highlighting the most powerful CPU in the company’s new lineup. We won’t go into spec details here, but the Intel Core i9-13980HX is the chip in question. This is not only the company’s first 24-core processor for laptops, but it’s also the company’s fastest mobile processor, it seems.
As per usual, we got Intel I3, i5, i7, and i9 series chips. These chips come with larger die with more cores, and L3. The chips do come with higher clock speeds, and improved power efficiency, even though Intel is still using the ‘Intel 7’ process node. Most chips Intel announced come with the same Raptor Cove architecture as the flagship models the company delivered last year.
New motherboards, backward compatibility & RAM
Another important aspect of these chips, that is worth noting, are their motherboards and backward compatibility. They do come with new B760 motherboards, these new 65W Raptor Lake chips. They don’t really bring anything drastically new to the table. The chips do remain backwards compatible with 600-series motherboards. They also keep supporting DDR5 memory, while they also support DDR5 memory.
These chips are about 10% more expensive than their predecessor, which was to be expected. Intel did improve them in a number of key areas, though, and the company announced chips that cover vastly different sectors of laptops and even IoT devices. The chips are already available for purchase as well, in case you were wondering.