Intel Raptor Lake CPUs Get 11% Performance Boost With DDR5 RAM

Intel Raptor Lake CPUs Get 11% Performance Boost With DDR5 RAM

It appears that an Intel Core i7-13700K CPU has made its way to Geekbench. This specific Intel Raptor Lake CPU was shown with DDR5 RAM and was tested with two motherboards; ASRock Z690 Steel Legend WiFi 6E and the ASRock Z690 Steel Legend WiFi 6E/D5, with the difference here being supported memory.

This new setup achieved single core and multi-core scores of 2,069 and 19811 points respectively. Compared to the older test running 3200MHz DDR4 RAM, it was single core and multi-core scores of 2,090 and 16,542 points respectively. While the single core score is lower, the difference is practically negligible but the multi-core score saw an improvement of about 20%.

Then we have another leak on the Intel Core i5-13600K being tested twice with different RAM setups. On DDR4 RAM, the single core and multi-core scores are 1,980 and 14,425 points respectively whereas on DDR5 RAM, it achieved 2,012 and 16,054 points respectively. This one sees an 11% performance boost in multi-core.

With that being said however, this is a synthetic benchmark and doesn’t necessarily reflect real-world performance and gaming. For now, we will report more on this as soon as information becomes available so stay tuned.

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Pokdepinion: I’m about pretty sure whether it’s the Intel Raptor Lake or Alder Lake CPUs, most people would be using DDR4 RAM still unless upgrading is truly necessary. I wouldn’t sweat about losing out on that little boost.