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13th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors for Workstation

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The 13th Gen Intel® Core™ processors for workstation employ an innovative performance hybrid architecture to accelerate your productivity and help you tackle your most demanding workloads. With a full suite of platform technologies like Gaussian & Neural Accelerator 3.0 (GNA), Intel® Wi-Fi 6E (Gig+), and support for PCIe Gen 5.0, you can stay focused on the task at the hand while having the peace of mind that your data is secure with DDR5 Error Correcting Code (ECC) memory support.1 Together, the 13th Gen Intel® Core workstations combine high performance and unmatched productivity with game changing data integrity for professionals who expect the most out of their system.

Performance That Delivers

The 13th Gen Intel® Core™ processors for workstations deliver the next generation of breakthrough performance. Now with up to 24 cores (8 Performance-cores and 16 Efficient-cores), performance cores bring single-thread and burst performance, while efficient cores enhance modern multi-tasking through multi-threaded performance and efficient offload of background tasks. To augment this hybrid architecture, the Intel® Thread Director intelligently schedules workloads for single-threaded performance when you need it and multi-threaded performance for larger workloads like rendering, video encoding and code compiling.2 Harness this processor’s power, efficiency and intelligence to accomplish more.

Uninterrupted Productivity

Loaded with the latest platform technologies, 13th Gen Intel® Core™ processors accelerate system performance and allow you to dive deeper into your workflow. Up to 16 PCIe 5.03 lanes doubles I/O throughput for accelerated processing power and offers the connectivity bandwidth for future storage devices, accelerators and graphics cards. The dynamic noise suppression of the enhanced Gaussian & Neural Accelerator 3.0 (GNA) ensures crystal clear audio for online video calls. Execute with uninterrupted connectivity from integrated Intel® Wi-Fi 6E (Gig+) for freedom from legacy Wi-Fi device interference.4 Integrated Thunderbolt™ 4 offers mobile professionals a truly universal single-cable connection for power and high-speed data connection to external devices. The 13th Gen Intel® Core platform sets a new bar for professional-class productivity.

More Reliable, More Secure, More Seamless

These processors provide peace of mind by helping to protect your data, guaranteeing seamless software performance and providing more security for your device. Support for the latest DDR5 ECC UDIMM memory moves beyond the data checking of standard DDR5 memory to provide protection of business-essential data against bit-flipping. Customized, configured and certified to perform, ISV apps run as intended with these processors. The 13th Gen Intel® Core™ platform features Intel vPro® technology for seamless system integration into existing IT managed networks. Get hardware-enhanced security through Intel vPro® platform with Intel® Hardware Shield. With these features and more, the 13th Gen Intel® Core processors for workstation empower you to work fearlessly.

13th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors for Workstation: Features at a Glance

Feature Benefit
Performance-core (P-core) The highest-performing CPU core ever built by Intel, designed to handle single-threaded, lightly threaded, or burst workloads like 4K gaming and 3D design.
Efficient-core (E-core) Designed to handle multi-threaded and background tasks such as minimized browser tabs, IT services, and cloud syncing, leaving P-cores free to deliver incredible performance without interruption.
Performance Hybrid Architecture5 Integrates two core microarchitectures into a single die, prioritizing and distributing workloads to optimize performance.
Intel® Thread Director2 Optimizes workloads by helping the OS scheduler intelligently distribute workloads to the optimal cores.
PCIe 5.03 up to 16 Lanes Offers readiness for up to 32 GT/s for fast access to discrete graphics, storage, and peripheral devices with up to 16 PCI Express 5.0 lanes.
PCIe 4.0 up to 4 Lanes Offers up to 16 GT/s for fast access to storage and peripheral devices with up to 4 PCI Express 4.0 lanes.
Up to DDR5 5600 MT/s6 Delivers the latest, industry-leading innovation in memory capabilities for fast speeds, high bandwidth, and enhanced workflow productivity.
Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s Continued support of existing memory technology and speeds.
L3 and L2 Cache Increased shared Intel® Smart Cache (L3) and L2 cache sizes allow users to work faster, with larger datasets.
Intel® Deep Learning Boost Accelerates AI inference to improve performance for deep learning workloads.
Gaussian & Neural Accelerator 3.0 (GNA 3.0) Processes AI speech and audio applications such as neural noise cancellation while simultaneously freeing up CPU resources for overall system performance and responsiveness.
Intel® Adaptive Boost Technology Intel® ABT improves performance by opportunistically allowing higher multi-core turbo frequencies, while operating within system power and temperature specifications when current, power, and thermal headroom exists.
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost opportunistically and automatically increases clock frequency of select 13th Gen Intel® Core Desktop processors by up to 100 MHz if the processor is at a temperature of 70°C or lower and turbo power budget is available.
Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.07 Identifies the processor’s fastest cores and directs critical workloads to them.
Intel® UHD Graphics driven by Xe Architecture Rich media and intelligent graphics capabilities enable amplified visual complexity, enhanced 3D performance, and faster image processing.
Support for Intel vPro® Technology8 Give IT professionals the tools for easy system integration & management of workstation platforms into existing enterprise networks.
ECC Memory Support1 Error-Correcting Code memory detects and corrects errors and improves the integrity of essential data without workflow interruption.
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13th Gen Intel® Core™ Desktop Processors Comparison

  Intel® Core™ i9 Intel® Core™ i7 Intel® Core™ i5
Max Turbo Frequency [GHz] Up to 5.8 Up to 5.4 Up to 5.1
Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 Frequency [GHz] Up to 5.7 Up to 5.4 n/a
Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency [GHz] Up to 5.4 Up to 5.3 Up to 5.1
Efficient-core Max Turbo Frequency [GHz] Up to 4.3 Up to 4.2 Up to 3.9
Performance-core Base Frequency [GHz] 3.0 3.4 3.5
Efficient-core Base Frequency [GHz] 2.2 2.5 2.6
Processor Cores (P-cores + E-cores) 24 (8P+16E) 16 (8P+8E) 14 (6P+8E)
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology Yes
Total Processor Threads 32 24 20
Intel® Thread Director   Yes  
Intel® Smart Cache (L3) Size [MB] 36 MB 30 MB 24 MB
Total L2 Cache Size [MB] 32 MB 24 MB 20 MB
Max Memory Speed [MT/s] DDR5-5600 | DDR4-3200
Number of Memory Channels 2
CPU PCIe 5.0 Lanes Up to 16
CPU PCIe 4.0 Lanes 4
Enhanced Intel® UHD Graphics driven by Xe Architecture i9K: Intel® UHD Graphics 770 i9KF: no i7K: Intel® UHD Graphics 770 i7KF: no i5K: Intel® UHD Graphics 770 i5KF: no
Graphics Dynamic Frequency [MHz] 1650 1600 1550
Processor P-core / E-core / Graphics / Memory Overclocking8 9 Yes
Intel® Quick Sync Video Yes
Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost) Yes
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (Intel® AVX2) Yes
Intel® Gaussian and Neural Accelerator (GNA) Yes
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Notices & Disclaimers

Intel technologies may require enabled hardware, software or service activation.

Your costs and results may vary.

All versions of the Intel vPro® platform require an eligible Intel® Core™ processor, a supported operating system, Intel LAN and/or WLAN silicon, firmware enhancements, and other hardware and software necessary to deliver the manageability use cases, security features, system performance and stability that define the platform. See intel.com/performance-vpro for details.

Performance varies by use, configuration and other factors. Learn more at www.Intel.com/PerformanceIndex.

Performance results are based on testing as of dates shown in configurations and may not reflect all publicly available updates. See backup for configuration details. No product or component can be absolutely secure.

Unlocked features are present with select chipsets and processor combinations. Altering clock frequency or voltage may void any product warranties and reduce stability, security, performance, and life of the processor and other components. Check with system and component manufacturers for details.

Product and Performance Information

1Available on select CPU SKUs when paired with the W680 PCH. ECC routing supported in 4L for all DDR4 and DDR5 configurations.
2Built into the hardware, Intel Thread Director is provided only in performance hybrid architecture configurations of 12th Gen or newer Intel Core processors; OS enablement is required. Available features and functionality vary by OS.
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CPU PCIe 5.0 lanes are only validated for discrete graphics (x16) and PCIe storage (1x4). 1x16 bifurcation to 2x8 supported on select Intel® 600 and 700 Series chipsets.

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Subject to 6 GHz band availability, operating system support, and router compatibility. Details at www.intel.com/performance-wireless.

5Increased cores from previous generation on the unlocked i9, i7, and i5 processors. Performance hybrid architecture combines two core microarchitectures, Performance-cores (P-cores) and Efficient-cores (E-cores), on a single processor die first introduced on 12th Gen Intel® Core processors. Select 13th Gen Intel® Core processors do not have performance hybrid architecture, only P-cores, and have same cache size as prior generation; see ark.intel.com for SKU details.
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Maximum memory speeds are associated with 1 DIMM per Channel (1DPC) configurations. Up to DDR5-5600 MT/s 1DPC UDIMM 1Rx8, 1Rx16 and DDR5-5200 1Rx8, 1Rx16, 2Rx8.

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With Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost.

8When paired with the eligible Intel 600 Series chipset SKU (an Intel 700 Series chipset SKU will not be available), a motherboard with supporting hardware and software, and potential service activation.
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Processor names with an ‘F’ suffix do not have processor graphics and require a discrete graphics solution. Without processor graphics the processor display output ports will not function.