Key Takeaways
- Leak confirms some specs of Intel’s upcoming Raptor Lake Refresh CPU lineup, together with 24 cores and 32 threads for the flagship Core i9-14900K.
- Geekbench itemizing exhibits combined efficiency outcomes, with a excessive single-core rating however decrease multi-core rating in comparison with the earlier chip.
- Potential causes for decrease benchmark scores embrace a smaller dataset, unoptimized motherboards, and using a balanced energy plan throughout testing. Ultimate pricing particulars but to be revealed.
Intel is predicted to launch its Raptor Lake Refresh CPU lineup later this month, and up to date leaks have already revealed a number of particulars about it. Earlier this 12 months, a report is believed to have revealed the specs of a minimum of three unlocked Okay-series Raptor Lake Refresh desktop SKUs, together with the Core i9-14900K, i7-14700K, and i5-14600K. Now, a brand new leak seemingly confirms a few of the leaked specs and in addition provides us some perception into the efficiency of the flagship SKU – the Core i9-14900K.
As per the Geekbench itemizing (through BenchLeaks), the i9-14900K may have 24 cores and 32 threads, together with 8 Efficiency cores and 16 Environment friendly cores. The itemizing additionally exhibits that the chip racked up 3,140 factors within the single-core benchmark and 19,134 factors within the multi-core check in Geekbench 6.1. Whereas the previous is comfortably increased than the rating achieved by the Core i9-13900K, the latter is decrease than that of the older chip, which managed to rack up greater than 21,000 factors within the multi-core benchmark final 12 months.
Whereas the Raptor Lake Refresh is barely anticipated to be a reasonable enchancment over the Thirteenth-gen Raptor Lake lineup, a decrease multi-core rating for the flagship chip remains to be surprising. That stated, there are just a few points that might have resulted within the curious situation. First off, the Core i9-14900K dataset is smaller, which means the outcomes could possibly be comparatively inaccurate. Secondly, unoptimized motherboards may negatively impression benchmark scores, and it is not instantly clear if the BIOSTAR Z790A-SILVER motherboard used within the benchmarked system was optimized for the unreleased chip. Lastly, the testbed used the ‘Balanced’ energy plan whereas operating the benchmark, which might have additionally restricted the true efficiency potential of the chip, particularly throughout the multi-core check.
Sketchy benchmark outcomes however, the Core i9-14900K is predicted to characteristic as much as 36 MB of L3 Sensible Cache and a 125W base TDP (253W PL2). Additionally it is tipped to have a 3.19GHz base frequency and an enormous 6GHz of peak frequency with Intel’s Thermal Velocity Enhance. Latest leaks additionally steered that the chip could possibly be considerably pricier than its predecessor, however the ultimate value will probably solely be revealed later this month by Intel.
