The test was conducted in PassMark, a well know benchmarking application for the PC platform, and featured the results of most of the top-end processors available in the market today. The person responsible ran four sample passes to formulate their results and posted the average scores on Twitter.
In the single-thread test, the 13900K scored around 4,833, which is 10-15% better than the existing processors from Intel 12th generation. Similarly, in the multi-threaded test, the 13900K got around 54,433 points, which is an impressive 31% faster than the previous generation. Even when compared to the AMD Ryzen series, you still get a 15-20% increase in peak performance. This easily makes it one of the fastest consumer-grade desktop processors out there.
While this is a good showcase of the prowess of the Raptor Lake series, it is still just a small sample. We will still have to wait for more extensive testing to check if it inherited the thermal throttling issues of the 12th Gen i9 and, if so, how much of a downgrade it causes with sustained usage. Hopefully, by the time Intel actually releases the updated lineup to the public, we will also have the results of the new Ryzen 7000 series so that we can make a proper comparison.
