Intel Core i9-14900K, Core i7-14700K and Core i5-14600K Review: Raptor Lake Refreshed
by Gavin Bonshor on October 17, 2023 9:00 AM ESTGaming Performance: 1080p
Moving along, here's a look at a more balanced gaming scenario, running games at 1080p with maximum image quality.
We are using DDR5 memory on the Core i9-14900K, Core i7-14700K, Core i5-14600K, and Intel's 13th Gen at the relative JEDEC settings. The same methodology is also used for the AMD Ryzen 7000 series and Intel's 12th Gen (Alder Lake) processors. Below are the settings we have used for each platform:
- DDR5-5600B CL46 - Intel 14th & 13th Gen
- DDR5-5200 CL44 - Ryzen 7000
- DDR5-4800 (B) CL40 - Intel 12th Gen
Civilization VI
World of Tanks
Borderlands 3
Grand Theft Auto V
Red Dead Redemption 2
F1 2022
Hitman 3
Total War: Warhammer 3
Moving onto 1080p with the maximum settings applied this brings the graphics power into the equation, but CPU core performance is also important here. As we saw at 720p resolutions, the Core i9-14900K again performs similarly to our results with the Core i9-13900K and Core i9-13900KS. In situations where the Core i9-14900K beats its predecessors, it's only marginal.
Not surprisingly, the Core i9-14700K also performs well compared to Intel's Core i9 chips and against AMD's Ryzen 7000 series processors. Outside of World of Tanks, which is optimized for chips with a higher core count, the Core i5-14600K is also very capable, and with a cheaper MSRP, it represents good value for money where the title can't utilize or is poorly optimized for higher numbers of cores.
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colinstu - Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - link
This power consumption / heat output is insane… this is putting their 90nm Netburst Prescott / Pentium D Smithfield days to shame. Remember when Apple left IBM/Motorola alliance? Power architecture power consumption going thru the roof, and intel JUST pivoted back to PIII/Pentium M-based Core arch. No wonder why Apple dumped Intel, they called what they were seeing really early on. Arm for windows/linux desktop needs to get more serious, apple's desktop arm is proving nearly as powerful using a fraction of the power draw. Windows is ready, and can even run non-arm code too.herozeros - Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - link
My AMD AM5 would like a word with you …FLEXOBENDER - Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - link
What point are you trying to make, that you have no clue how thermodynamics work?This 14900K manages to pull 430 watt peak. 430. 0.43 kilowatt. one CPU.
It is still beat by a 80 watt peak 7800x3d. What is your point?
boozed - Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - link
I think the point was that you don't have to abandon x86 for ARM to achieve good efficiency, just Intel.The Von Matrices - Thursday, October 19, 2023 - link
People remember Netburst CPUs as being absurdly power hungry, but they forget that even the most power-hungry Netburst CPUs still only had a TDP of 130W. Today that would be considered a normal or even a low TDP for a flagship CPU. It's actually understating the TDP if you compare it to a Netburst CPU.GeoffreyA - Friday, October 20, 2023 - link
And didn't Cedar Mill further drop that to a 65W TDP?GeoffreyA - Friday, October 20, 2023 - link
Possibly, ISA is just a small piece of the power puzzle, and the rest of the design is what's carrying the weight.An interesting article:
https://chipsandcheese.com/2021/07/13/arm-or-x86-i...
Azjaran - Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - link
Did i miss something or are there no temperatures shown? Because 428W shouldn't be on the low side and demands a good Cooling Solution.Gastec - Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - link
Just one question: do these AI "tools" connect to the Internet, after they "measure specific system characteristics, including telemetry from integrated sensors", to send that data to those Intel servers that are in the "cloud"?TheinsanegamerN - Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - link
Of course they do. Even if they say they dont.