Subj : Intel Core i9-14900KF leak is good and bad news for those hoping
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Sep 22 2023 11:15:03

Intel Core i9-14900KF leak is good and bad news for those hoping for a speedy 
flagship CPU

Date:
Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:04:07 +0000

Description:
The rumors around Raptor Lake Refresh have been somewhat shaky of late, and 
part of this new leak wont help.

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Intels inbound Core i9-14900KF flagship has been spotted in a leaked 
benchmark which shows some impressive single-core performance, though the 
multi-threaded result isnt quite such an eye-opener. 

As VideoCardz noticed, weve had some PassMark results pop up for the 14900KF 
(so not technically the 14900K, but pretty much identical  the only 
difference here is that theres no integrated graphics with the KF model, but 
that wont affect these results at all, its irrelevant here). 

The Core i9-14900KF recorded a single-thread result of 4,939 in PassMark  add 
seasoning with any leaked benchmark, of course  which compares to the 13900K 
hitting 4,666. 

Thats almost 6% faster for the 14900KF, reflecting the faster max boost speed 
which hits 6GHz out of the box (compared to 5.8GHz for the current Raptor 
Lake flagship). 

For multi-threaded performance, PassMark shows the 14900KF pretty much in a 
dead heat with the 13900K  actually just a touch slower (by about half a 
percent, so nothing meaningful). Analysis: Lets not get carried away (though 
admittedly, there are concerns here) 

Thats a slightly odd spin on these results, as while the single-core jump is 
pretty much as wed expect  a decent step on  not making any multi-threaded 
improvement at all seems strange. 

Now, this is just one benchmark, and a leak at that, so wed do well not to 
put too much stock in the results anyway. Furthermore, other recent leaks 
around the Core i9-14900KF have indicated some decent(ish) multi-threaded 
gains (in Geekbench), so we really need to reserve judgment here. Certainly, 
wed expect some increase, not nothing at all for multi-core. 

That said, were not expecting huge things from Raptor Lake Refresh in 
general, given the rumblings from the rumor mill about how these 14th-gen 
desktop processors will be a modest move forward in general. 

Another clue in that respect is Intels lack of any mention of Raptor Lake 
Refresh at its recent Innovation event, which again seems a bit off. Team 
Blue focused entirely on blowing the trumpet for Meteor Lake laptop chips 
(and their AI capabilities), not even mentioning the desktop side of the 
next-gen CPU equation. And that doesnt exactly fill us with confidence 

Thats quite telling in our book, considering that Raptor Lake Refresh is 
supposed to be about to debut next month (around mid-October). Still, based 
on part of this leak, we can hold out hope for a decent flagship CPU refresh, 
and theres always the 14700K which is expected to up the core count 
considerably (for efficiency cores, adding four of them), and it should shape 
up impressively as a result. You might also like Intel Core i9-13900K review: 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/cpu/intel-core-i9-14900kf-leak-is-good-and
-bad-news-for-those-hoping-for-a-speedy-flagship-cpu


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