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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mkaibear - Sunday, October 28, 2018 - link
Yes. Because MSRP is set by the manufacturer and the retail price is set by the retailer. And otherwise they'd have to update the article every single time a price changes.Outlander_04 - Saturday, October 20, 2018 - link
So not value for money, definitely not value for money for gamers, and TWO HUNDRED AND TEN INSANE WATTS OF POWER DRAW.Funniest thing I have heard for a while now
Tkan2155 - Saturday, October 20, 2018 - link
No way im getting this 180 watts. 7nm will help to save energy. Amd need to take down intel. Lets do it together. I cannot stand intel anymore.AutomaticTaco - Saturday, October 20, 2018 - link
Revised power consumption. First motherboard was over-voltage.https://www.anandtech.com/show/13400/intel-9th-gen...
Also, when Overclocked, and set to 1.075v for CPU the consumption actually dropped to 127W max.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13400/intel-9th-gen...
WannaBeOCer - Saturday, October 20, 2018 - link
Can you post power consumption with MCE Off? The 9900K is a 4.3GHz processor not a 4.7GHz. MCE Auto on Asus boards boost the CPU to 4.7GHz on all 8 cores.mapesdhs - Sunday, October 21, 2018 - link
I remember there was much debate a year or so ago about that, but the whole issue seems to have faded away.Synomenon - Saturday, October 20, 2018 - link
Will the "Thermalright TRUE Spirit 120M BW Rev.A" with push / pull fans be enough to cool the 9900K?http://thermalright.com/product/true-spirit-120m-b...
mapesdhs - Sunday, October 21, 2018 - link
At stock, maybe. Oc'd, almost certainly not.daxpax - Saturday, October 20, 2018 - link
funny there's not 2700x included in benchmarks where AMD has advantage. clearly intel sponsored articlekaosou - Saturday, October 20, 2018 - link
I have a bit of a problem with the price you put on all the charts for ThreadRipper 1920X, at the time the article is posted, you can find TR 1920X at around USD 400, and the USD 799 price you put in the chart is very misleading.