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How did the Intel Core i9-14900K perform?
Intel is preparing for the release of the 14th generation of processors (Raptor Lake), which, in general, is just a refresh of the previous generation and not a real evolution. The #141 will be more attractive to users using older processors (for example, Alder Lake), and users of 13th generation processors will most likely notice only a few percent better performance. Not enough to justify the purchase.
While Intel is currently preparing these processors for review and delivery to the market, apparently some users are still testing engineering samples. In CPU-Z, one such processor achieved 978 kilowatts in single-core and 18,117 kilowatts in multi-core mode. That's a 9.7-% improvement in single-core and an 8.4-% advantage in multi-core mode over the 13900K.
The difference is, logically, even more pronounced when compared to the 12900K model, where, according to the TechPowerUp website, the difference is as much as 19.4 % in single-core and an incredible 59 % in multi-core mode. The new processor was also tested on Geekbench 6.1.0 running Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 64-bit, and it set a new record for single-core performance. It scored 3121 points, which is % faster than the 13900K's score of 3089. Still, there wasn't much to expect in single-core mode, as the number of cores was the same and they were by 200 MHz increased only clocks. This allows the #141 processor to run at up to 6 GHz at the highest boost. In the multi-core test, the TP5T was slightly slower than the Core i9-13900KS model, which also reaches a frequency of up to 6GHz and is roughly equivalent to the 13900K model.
As always, when there is a CPU or GPU refresh, it will not be of interest to owners of the latest architecture, but rather to owners of previous generations. Since this is the last series of processors for Intel's LGA 1700 platform, it might appeal to those who joined the Alder Lake architecture almost three years ago, and Raptor Lake owners will probably react to these processors with a long sigh.
