Intel introduced the 13th generation Core mobile processors. New products debuted in four series: the most powerful chips for gaming laptops are presented in the Raptor Lake-HX series, slightly less powerful chips for gaming laptops are also in the Raptor Lake-H series, high-performance chips for thin laptops are in the Raptor Lake-P series and less powerful chips for thin laptops are in the Raptor Lake-U series.
Like the desktop Raptor Lake, the mobile versions of the chips feature a hybrid architecture, combining the powerful Raptor Cove P-cores with the power-efficient Gracemont E-cores. The most productive models offer up to eight P-cores and up to 16 E-cores, and up to 32 threads respectively. The new platform supports up to 16 PCIe 5.0 lanes and DDR5-5600 (as well as DDR4-3200) memory up to 128 GB.
The Raptor Lake-HX series features 13th generation Core desktop chips adapted for use in laptops. This is done by limiting the TDP level to 55W (for desktops – 125W), limiting the maximum consumption to 157W (from 253W for desktops), and, as a result, cutting operating frequencies. The series includes processors with a number of cores from 10 to 24. The maximum clock speeds reach 5.6 GHz in Turbo mode for P-cores. Integrated graphics here have up to 32 execution units (EU) and frequencies up to 1.65 GHz. The volume of cache of the third level reaches 36 MB.
Intel claims that the new Core-HXs are up to 12% faster than their predecessors of the Alder Lake-HX generation in games, however, for some reason they compare the Core i9-12900HX and Core i9-13950HX, which are not quite equivalent. It also claims a significant increase in professional applications, especially in rendering. They are even more ahead of competitors in the face of Ryzen 6000 processors on the Zen 3+ architecture – AMD has not yet introduced the mobile Ryzen 7000 on Zen 4.
Raptor Lake-H, Raptor Lake-P and Raptor Lake-U processors are already built on mobile chips. They offer up to 14 cores, up to 24MB of L3 cache and up to 96 EU integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics running at up to 1.5GHz. Many models support faster RAM – up to LPDDR5X-6400.
Raptor Lake-H chips offer from eight (four P- and E-cores) to 14 cores (six P-cores and eight E-cores). Clock frequencies reach 5.4 GHz. The TDP level is 45W, and the maximum power consumption is 95W for the Core i5 models and 115W for the Core i7 and Core i9 models. The performance increase compared to the previous generation Core-H chips is 10-11%.
In turn, the Raptor Lake-P series included only four models, of which three have 12 cores (4 + 8), and one more has 14 cores (6 + 8). Here, the maximum frequency is 5.2 GHz, and the standard TDP level is 28 watts. In this case, the maximum consumption does not exceed 64 watts.
Finally, Raptor Lake-U is capable of offering from 5 to 10 cores, of which only one or two will be productive, and all the rest will be energy efficient. Nevertheless, the frequencies here are impressive – up to 5.2 GHz. The TDP level is 15W and the maximum consumption is 55W.
All 13th Gen Intel Core mobile processors support Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth LE Audio, and Thunderbolt 4 – the latter with DisplayPort 2.1 support. More than 250 laptops with the new processors are expected to be released in 2023, with more than 60 models expected to feature the powerful Raptor Lake-HX family of chips, according to Intel.
All Raptor Lake mobiles have received Endurance gaming technology to extend battery life by lowering FPS, and some chips also feature a discrete AI accelerator Movidius VPU for noise reduction and webcam image enhancement.
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