The Intel 9th Gen Review: Core i9-9900K, Core i7-9700K and Core i5-9600K Tested
by Ian Cutress on October 19, 2018 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- Intel
- Coffee Lake
- 14++
- Core 9th Gen
- Core-S
- i9-9900K
- i7-9700K
- i5-9600K
Gaming: Far Cry 5
The latest title in Ubisoft's Far Cry series lands us right into the unwelcoming arms of an armed militant cult in Montana, one of the many middles-of-nowhere in the United States. With a charismatic and enigmatic adversary, gorgeous landscapes of the northwestern American flavor, and lots of violence, it is classic Far Cry fare. Graphically intensive in an open-world environment, the game mixes in action and exploration.
Far Cry 5 does support Vega-centric features with Rapid Packed Math and Shader Intrinsics. Far Cry 5 also supports HDR (HDR10, scRGB, and FreeSync 2). We use the in-game benchmark for our data, and report the average/minimum frame rates.
| AnandTech CPU Gaming 2019 Game List | ||||||||
| Game | Genre | Release Date | API | IGP | Low | Med | High | |
| Far Cry 5 | FPS | Mar 2018 |
DX11 | 720p Low |
1080p Normal |
1440p High |
4K Ultra |
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All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
| Far Cry 5 | IGP | Low | High |
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Far Cry 5 is another game that at reasonable 1080p settings actually shows some CPU differentiation. To really drive a wedge between the CPUs we do need to drop to 720p Low, but still, in both cases the 9900K comes out on top. And in this case the performance gap between it and the 8700K is actually a bit larger than normal at 12%. Still, this is a game that’s if it’s not GPU-bound is closer to being bounded by a limited number of threads, so the lack of major clockspeed gains for the 9900K keep it from pulling too far ahead. It also keeps the 9700K from falling too far behind.
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AutomaticTaco - Saturday, October 20, 2018 - link
Revised. TDP is still some generic average not true max. Regardless, not 220w.https://www.anandtech.com/show/13400/intel-9th-gen...
The motherboard in question was using an insane 1.47v
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AGS3 - Friday, October 19, 2018 - link
Can't wait to get one - thanks. I may have missed it but what cooler did you use for overclock?5080 - Friday, October 19, 2018 - link
To summarize Intel's new i9-9900K = Incredible high power usage and heat generation at a high price with no real advantage = market fail.AutomaticTaco - Saturday, October 20, 2018 - link
Revised power consumption. First motherboard was over-voltage.https://www.anandtech.com/show/13400/intel-9th-gen...
SaturnusDK - Sunday, October 21, 2018 - link
Doesn't change the above conclusion of the intel "FX" 9000-series.hnlog - Friday, October 19, 2018 - link
Why TRUE Copper is chosen for Intel new CPUs and HEDT?shabby - Friday, October 19, 2018 - link
Ya I wonder if the 9900k will hit 4.7ghz on all cores with a stockish heatsink, it almost seems like Intel is cheating here, 200+ watts on a 95w cpu. I have a feeling amd will follow suit in the next round by letting the turbo mode suck as much juice as possible.Spoelie - Friday, October 19, 2018 - link
Seconded, can we see what the processors will do with the same cooling capacity provided?ThaSpacePope - Friday, October 19, 2018 - link
Looks like i'm keeping my i7-9700k pre-order for $399. In 2012 I paid $190ish (in 2012 dollars) for my i5-3570k which is 4 cores running at 4.5ghz for 6 years now. In 2018 today I'll pay $399 for 8 cores running at 5.3ghz (it appears) and a roughly 40% IPC improvement. Feels like a good value, thank you AMD. Anyone recommend a good Z390 board to go along with it?mapesdhs - Sunday, October 21, 2018 - link
Thank you AMD? This is why AMD has given up on high end GPUs.