Gaming Benchmarks for Intel i9-14900K & i7-14700K

Intel’s future Core i9-14900K and Core i7-14700K CPUs, which will be a part of the Raptor Lake Refresh range, have just released benchmark results.

Leaked CPU Benchmarks for the Intel Core i9-14900K and Core i7-14700K “Raptor Lake Refresh” Could Be   From Early ES Chips

The 14th Gen Raptor Lake-S Refresh Desktop line up, which includes the Intel Core i9-14900K & Core i7-14700K CPUs, keeps the same core architecture as the current chips but provides faster clock rates and a few new core combinations on models like the Core i7 series. Let’s review everything we know about these two chips, which have been revealed in today’s benchmarks, before we get to the juicy data.

The Intel Core i9-14900K CPU, which has 24 cores and 32 threads in an 8+16 configuration, is the flagship model. The CPU will have a basic TDP of 125W (253W PL2) and up to 36 MB of Smart Cache. It will have base clock speeds of 3.2 GHz and peak clock speeds of 6.0 GHz when Thermal Velocity Boost is enabled. We could eventually see the rumoured 6.2 GHz on either this chip or a “KS” variation because these frequencies are currently for the pre-QS stage. In any case, this will have a frequency increase of +200 MHz above the Core i9-13900K and be identical to the Core i9-13900KS.

Intel Core i7-14700K CPU Specifications

 from Intel will use its 8+12 core design, which delivers 20 cores and 28 threads, for the Core i7-14700K. This is going to be a fantastic improvement over the current Core i7-13700K, which has an 8+8 core arrangement and delivers a significant bump in multi-threading performance because of the extra E-Cores. The CPU will have a smart cache size of 33 MB (up from 30 MB) and a basic clock speed of 3.4 GHz (with TBMT3). This is also a 200 MHz increase over the 13700K, and we may expect performance improvements of between 5 and 10% from this specific SKU.

Okay, let’s move on to the performance metrics. The BAP Co  Cross Mark CPU benchmark, which assesses the CPU’s responsiveness & the performance of the Productivity/Creative suite, was used to test the Intel Core i9-14900K & Core i7-14700K. We will use the average overall score, which is 1980 for the Core i7-14700K and 2265 for the Core i9-14900K, to make comparisons.

Additionally, the DDR5-4800 memory is a significant bottleneck, and we are aware that the Intel Raptor CPUs will provide:

The minimum score for the Intel Core i9-13900K and Core i7-13700K is substantially lower than that of the current Raptor Lake-S update components, with 2399 and 2222 points, respectively. While the Ryzen 9 7900X scores 2166 points, the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X also achieves commendable 2218 points.

These results aren’t all that impressive, but that might just be because they are older ES/QS chips with lower clocks. We had anticipated greater performance because to the higher clocks and higher core configurations (14700K). The other chips’ bigger sampling sizes, which result in lower minimum scores, are evidence of this, whereas the 14900K and 14700K have significantly smaller sample sizes and may not even be based on the final retail silicon.

On an LGA 1700 platform with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPU, 16 GB of DDR5-4800 memory, and 5 TB of HDD storage, the benchmarks in both situations were run. Since the Core i7-14700K description cites “ACER” under the Power Management tab and may be utilising extremely cautious power profiles since OEM designs can’t keep up with the real CPU power restrictions of these unlocked chips, it appears that they might be OEM PCs.

Additionally, the DDR5-4800 memory is a significant bottleneck, and we are aware that the Intel Raptor CPUs will provide:

Falcon Cove P-Cores and Gracemont E-Cores have the same architectural design as Raptor Lake.

The Raptor Lake (Intel 7 aka 10nm++) process node is the same.

More Powerful Clocks (+200 MHz Per “K” SKU)

Availability Of Quicker DDR5 Memory DIMMs

Significantly Greater Power Consumption (Nearly 300W)

Support for Current LGA 1700/ 1800 Socket Motherboards

At the forthcoming Innovation 2023 event in September, which will also serve as the launch venue for Intel’s Meteor Lake “Core Ultra” CPUs, expect further details about the 14th Gen Raptor Lake-S Refresh Desktop CPU family from Intel.