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Intel

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About This Product
The Intel Core i9-13900F is a 24-core, 32-thread desktop CPU from Intel's 13th Gen Raptor Lake series, designed for high-performance computing. It offers strong multi-threaded performance due to its 8 P-cores and 16 E-cores, making it suitable for demanding productivity tasks and content creation. While lacking integrated graphics, its core count and clock speeds provide competitive performance against AMD's Ryzen 7000 series in its price bracket for CPU-intensive applications.
Verdict
βIdeal for professionals needing high core count for productivity and content creation.β
Performance Benchmarks
Scores are grouped by benchmark family so it is easy to compare raw speed, threaded output, and real-world value without mixing scales.
Render Workloads
Next-Gen Scale
Cross-Platform
Large Sample Pool
Value & Efficiency
These derived metrics use Cinebench R23 multi-core performance to keep the value calculation consistent across the catalog.
Performance per Watt
501.6 pts/W
Performance per Dollar
78.2 pts/$
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GPU Bottleneck & Pairing
These pairings are pre-calculated around 1440p balance so you can move quickly from CPU research to a realistic gaming build.
High-confidence pairings that stay balanced at 1440p.
Recommended GPU
RTX 6000 Ada Generation
Balanced
This pairing stays very close to ideal balance for 1440p gaming.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
GeForce RTX 4090
Balanced
This pairing stays very close to ideal balance for 1440p gaming.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
GeForce RTX 4090
Balanced
This pairing stays very close to ideal balance for 1440p gaming.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Balanced
This pairing stays very close to ideal balance for 1440p gaming.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
GeForce RTX 5090
Slight CPU bottleneck
Estimated CPU limitation of 10% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
GeForce RTX 5090
Slight CPU bottleneck
Estimated CPU limitation of 10% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
GeForce RTX 5090
Slight CPU bottleneck
Estimated CPU limitation of 10% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
GeForce RTX 5090
Slight CPU bottleneck
Estimated CPU limitation of 10% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
GeForce RTX 5090
Slight CPU bottleneck
Estimated CPU limitation of 10% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
GeForce RTX 5090
Slight CPU bottleneck
Estimated CPU limitation of 10% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
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