


The idea behind that is that compute-heavy client workloads such as games don't need more than an 8-core/16-thread setup made of high IPC cores whereas multi-threaded general-purpose or creator workloads can take advantage of both the Performance cores, and a large number of Efficiency cores. Intel isn't chasing AMD down in raw CPU core-counts, but is adapting a different strategy-of building multi-core processors with two different kinds of cores, the larger and faster "Performance" cores, and the smaller and numerous "Efficiency" cores. Intel Core i9-13900K "Raptor Lake" has been out for a few weeks now, and as we concluded in its main review, Intel's bet with the Hybrid architecture for client PC platforms appears to be paying off.
