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
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- 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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1_rick - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
Half of those 16 cores are Atoms.shabby - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
Atom on desktop... whoever thought of that should be fired.GeoffreyA - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
In its original inception, Atom was utter rubbish but the microarchitecture has improved a lot since then (Bonell > Goldmont > Goldmont Plus > Tremont > Gracemont). I've got a funny feeling that this design, taken further, could become their main one in the future. Similar to the Pentium M becoming Core.mitox0815 - Tuesday, April 13, 2021 - link
The Pentium M had a major IPC advantage to begin with - it was a full-fat-core based off the P6, after all. The Atom derivates don't have that, they were compromised designs from the get-go.Spunjji - Friday, April 9, 2021 - link
When will AMD catch up with an unreleased product? Some time after it's released and it makes sense to catch up, presumably... 🤡mitox0815 - Tuesday, April 13, 2021 - link
8 of those are Atom cores...gahd dingit Intel, give us 16 full-sized cores on mainstream! Spare me the cop outs. Granted, finding a way for that to NOT draw 400W+ on its own first would be nice...Oxford Guy - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
And consumers always pay the price for having quasi monopolization.We get overpriced quads from Intel for forever.
Then, we get overpriced 5000 series from AMD.
rinse, repeat
Having adequate competition is supposed to fix the problem of capitalism. Monopolization is not supposed to occur. But, when it does... it concentrates wealth rapidly in the hands of few. Everyone else gets to pay much more for far less. They have the 'choice' of that or nothing.
Qasar - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
"Then, we get overpriced 5000 series from AMD." FYI, the prices are the 5000 series are partly do to the current situation, and demand. cant really blame AMD for stores setting the prices they charge.you seem to be one one angry person oxford guy....
Oxford Guy - Thursday, April 1, 2021 - link
Ok ELIZA. : )Spunjji - Friday, April 9, 2021 - link
Intel seem to think AMD's prices are fair 😬