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 ESTCPU Benchmark Performance: Rendering
Rendering tests, compared to others, are often a little more simple to digest and automate. All the tests put out some sort of score or time, usually in an obtainable way that makes it fairly easy to extract. These tests are some of the most strenuous in our list, due to the highly threaded nature of rendering and ray-tracing, and can draw a lot of power.
If a system is not properly configured to deal with the thermal requirements of the processor, the rendering benchmarks are where it would show most easily as the frequency drops over a sustained period of time. Most benchmarks, in this case, are re-run several times, and the key to this is having an appropriate idle/wait time between benchmarks to allow for temperatures to normalize from the last test.
Some of the notable rendering-focused benchmarks we've included for 2024 include the latest CineBench 2024 benchmark and an update to Blender 3.6 and V-Ray 5.0.2.
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
Note: As we are running with a completely refreshed CPU test suite, this means we are currently re-testing other processors for our data sets. These will be added to the below graphs as soon as we have more results, and these will also be added to our Bench database. Thanks for your understanding.
Although the Ryzen 9 7950X holds the top spot in Blender 3.6, the Core i9-14900K is clearly ahead in ST and MT performance in CineBench R23 and CineBench 2024. Per our encoding performance testing, the Core i5-14600K trades blows with the Ryzen 9 7900 again and is on level terms with the Core i5-14600K. The Core i7-14700K is again closer to the flagship chips and, in both CineBench MT tests, is close to AMD's Ryzen 9 7950X3D.
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DabuXian - Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - link
so basically a mere 6% better Cinebench MT score at the cost of almost 100 extra watts. I dunno in what universe would anyone want this instead of a 7950x.yankeeDDL - Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - link
At platform level it is over 200W difference. Impressive.And I agree, nobody in teh right mind should get Intel over AMD, unless they have very specific workload in which that 6% makes a difference worth hundreds/thousand of dollars in electricity per year.
schujj07 - Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - link
If you have a workload like that then you run Epyc or Threadripper as the task is probably VERY threaded.shaolin95 - Thursday, December 21, 2023 - link
😆😆😆😆😆😆 AMDrip fanboys are hilarious and delusionalAnd what bullshit connect about the electricity bill per year... thousands.. really???? Dang kid, you are hilariously sad
lemurbutton - Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - link
Who cares about CInebench MT? It's a benchmark for a niche software in a niche.powerarmour - Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - link
Wouldn't buy the 7950X either, not interested in any CPU that draws >200W unless I'm building a HEDT workstation.shabby - Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - link
Lol @ the power usage, this will make a nice heater this winter.yankeeDDL - Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - link
I find it amazing. It takes more than 200W MORE to beat the 7950.The difference in efficiency is unbelievable.
Buying Intel today still makes no sense unless that extra 5-10% in some specific benchmark really make a huge difference. Otherwise it'll cost you dearly in electricity.
bug77 - Thursday, October 19, 2023 - link
While Anand has a policy of testing things out-of-the-box, which is fine, it is well known ADL and RPL can be power constrained to something like 125W max, while losing performance in the single digits range.It would be really useful if we had a follow up article looking into that.
yankeeDDL - Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - link
So, 6% faster than previous gen, a bit (10%?) faster than AMD's 7950.Consuming over 200W *more* than the Ryzen 7950.
I'd say Intel's power efficiency is still almost half that of the ryzen. It's amazing how far behind they are.