Intel Rocket Lake (14nm) Review: Core i9-11900K, Core i7-11700K, and Core i5-11600K
by Dr. Ian Cutress on March 30, 2021 10:03 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- Intel
- LGA1200
- 11th Gen
- Rocket Lake
- Z590
- B560
- Core i9-11900K
Gaming Tests: Final Fantasy XV
Upon arriving to PC, Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition was given a graphical overhaul as it was ported over from console. As a fantasy RPG with a long history, the fruits of Square-Enix’s successful partnership with NVIDIA are on display. The game uses the internal Luminous Engine, and as with other Final Fantasy games, pushes the imagination of what we can do with the hardware underneath us. To that end, FFXV was one of the first games to promote the use of ‘video game landscape photography’, due in part to the extensive detail even at long range but also with the integration of NVIDIA’s Ansel software, that allowed for super-resolution imagery and post-processing effects to be applied.
In preparation for the launch of the game, Square Enix opted to release a standalone benchmark. Using the Final Fantasy XV standalone benchmark gives us a lengthy standardized sequence to record, although it should be noted that its heavy use of NVIDIA technology means that the Maximum setting has problems - it renders items off screen. To get around this, we use the standard preset which does not have these issues. We use the following settings:
- 720p Standard, 1080p Standard, 4K Standard, 8K Standard
For automation, the title accepts command line inputs for both resolution and settings, and then auto-quits when finished. As with the other benchmarks, we do as many runs until 10 minutes per resolution/setting combination has passed, and then take averages. Realistically, because of the length of this test, this equates to two runs per setting.
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All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
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Qasar - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
nope zen 3, they are waiting for the ryzen 5000 series to be in stock, and once they do, they will upgrade, some were looking at 5600X or 5800X, but now, might move up a tier vs what they would of picked up if they were in stock from day one.Tomatotech - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
Is there a problem with your keyboard? It doesn’t seem able to type the word ‘shit’ properly. Seems a common problem with American keyboards.Holliday75 - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
I have an American keyboard.Shit.
Works for me.
ImSteevin - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
AMD got used to fighting hard with reduced resources and Intel got used to being comfy at the top. Bought AMD at $13, always believed in the real MVP.SaturnusDK - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
I bought AMD shares when they hit the $2 mark. I usually do that when any tech stock hits $2 and I have some spare cash, and then keep it for a minimum of a year. In 2016 it was AMD .Last year it was Kodak.JayNor - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
"AMD is the top dog and intel cannot even catch up...."Intel is already sampling 16 core 24 thread Alder Lake chips ... pcie5, ddr5, new cores. They showed a desktop running it at CES. When will AMD catch up with these features?
SkyBill40 - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
Intel couldn't get 10nm on desktop, yet we're supposed to believe that they're suddenly going to pull a magic rabbit out of a hat tomorrow? Hardly. By the time Intel gets around to having a worthwhile process on something other than 14nm, AMD will be on 5nm. They're almost there as is.16/24? Why bother with that when AMD has 16/32 NOW? While it may not have PCI-E5 or DDR5, it doesn't need it but will likely have it soon enough. AMD catch up? Come on, man. AMD is in FRONT and has been for a while now. It's all about Intel getting it together and trying to close the gap they themselves created due to complacency, mismanagement, and underestimating their opponent.
Qasar - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
jaynor, i think that will be Zen 4, for the most part, its intel that has caught up to AMD with its features. and um if you haven't noticed even with a release bios, microcode etc, looks like rocket lake is still the dud AT shows it was turning out to be a couple of weeks ago.Hifihedgehog - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
> Intel is already sampling 16 core 24 threadLOL. 16 cores and 32 threads of full fat Zen cores is ALWAYS better than 8 cores and 16 threads of full fat Core cores and 8 cores and 8 threads of garbage tier Atom cores.
flgt - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
Yeah, that seems like a mobile first design which will be “good enough” for corporate desktops. Seems like Intel is giving up on the desktop enthusiast market.