This time, the author brought a horizontal test including 10 AMD and Intel processors, and provided multiple data as a reference for purchasing computers in early 2024.
Core i7-14700K test belatedly arrived
Because when Intel previously released the 14th generation Core i processor, I was unable to conduct a complete test for some reason. I only tested two new models of Core i9 and Core i5. This time, I took this opportunity to test the 13th and 14th generation Core i processors. i9, Core i7, and Core i5 were fully tested, and four processors from the AMD Ryzen 7000 series were used as a control group.
Since Intel’s 13th and 14th generation Core i processors are basically renamed products, the Core i7-14700K has 4 more sets of E-Cores than the previous generation, and the core configuration has been upgraded from 8P8E to 8P12E. The changes are relatively large. This is also the focus of this test. Compared with the previous generation products, the main specification change of Core i9-14900K and Core i5-14600K is that the maximum Boost clock speed is increased by 200/100 MHz respectively.
For the control group, this time a total of 4 processors, AMD’s highest-end and mainstream-level “X version” and “X3D version”, were selected to conduct single-core and multi-core processor performance and game performance tests respectively.
▲ The focus of this test topic is the Core i7-14700K processor with 8P12E core configuration.
▲ GIGABYTE Z790 Aorus Master X motherboard and Aorus Waterforce II 360 water-cooling radiator are the newly added components for this test.
▲The motherboard paired with the Intel camp processor is the Z790 Aorus Master X.
▲ Its first M.2 slot supports PCIe Gen 5×4 transmission channel and has a large heat sink. There are also 4 sets of M.2 slots.
▲ The I/O back panel provides 13 sets of various USB terminals and 1 set of DisplayPort audio and video output terminals.
▲ During the test, an Aorus Waterforce II 360 water-cooling radiator with three sets of 12 cm fan water-cooling radiators was used.
▲ Its feature is that each fan is connected with an EZ-Chain Mag buckle, which can greatly simplify the power cable and ARGB signal cable.
▲ During installation, you only need to install the 3 sets of fans through the EZ-Chain Mag, and then connect the single power supply and ARGB modular cable to the motherboard. The wiring is simpler and the ventilation can be improved.
Test environment and conditions
In terms of test platforms, the Intel camp uses the GIGABYTE Z790 Aorus Master X motherboard, and the AMD camp chooses to use the previous ASRock X670E Taichi motherboard. Both platforms are equipped with GIGABYTE Aorus Waterforce II 360 water-cooling radiators.
On each platform, the motherboard’s automatic overclocking function for EXPO, Two rounds of testing are performed, and the average is taken after confirming that there are no extreme values.
Except for the game performance of “Absolute Force 2”, which is a manual operation practice mode and the FPS is measured through NVIDIA FrameView, the rest use the game’s built-in test mode, at 1080p, 2K, and 4K resolutions with the highest image quality settings. If available When setting the template, the highest template will be applied. If not, all image quality-related items will be adjusted to the highest level, settings such as VRS or dynamic resolution will be turned off, and only adjustments will be made to turn on or off the ray tracing function.
testing platform:
Processor: Intel Core i9-14900K, Core i7-14700K, Core i5-14600K, Core i9-13900K, Core i7-13700K, Core i5-13600K. AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D, Ryzen 9 7950X, Ryzen 7 7800X3D, Ryzen 7 7700X
Radiator: GIGABYTE Aorus Waterforce II 360
Motherboard: GIGABYTE Z790 Aorus Master X (UEFI version: F4a), ASRock X670E Taichi (UEFI version: 1.18.1006)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 16GBx2 (@DDR5-6000)
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founder Edition
Storage: Solidigm P44 Pro 1TB
Power supply: MSI MPG A1000G PCIE5
Software environment: Windows 11 Professional Edition 22H2 (Build 22621.2861), GeForce Game Ready 537.13
▲ The protagonist this time is the Core i7-14700K processor with 8P12E core configuration. All tested processors are paired with DDR5-6000 memory.
▲Processors from both Intel and AMD camps are paired with GIGABYTE Z790 Aorus Master X and ASRock X670E Taichi motherboards respectively.
10 key processors for a large car
In the first half, we first look at the performance of processor operations.
▲ In the comprehensive performance test project PCMark10 Extendend, you can see that Ryzen 9 7950X / 7950X3D, which has a larger number of physical cores, is much ahead in Digital Content, Gaming and other projects. Although Core i9-14900K has More E-Core but still no advantage.
▲ In CrossMark, which is also a comprehensive performance test, the Intel camp leads in every project.
▲ In the Cinebench R20 processor rendering test, you can see that the Core i7-14700K has 4 more sets of E-Core than the Core i7-13700K, so it widens the gap in multi-core projects. As for the previous and later generations of Core i9 and Core i5, there are only slight clock differences, so the difference is not that obvious.
▲ The Cinebench R23 processor rendering test increases the computational burden, and each processor shows a similar trend.
▲ In the latest Cinebench 2024 processor rendering test, the performance of each processor in single-core projects is relatively close. Core i9-14900K won the championship in both single and multi-core projects.
▲ In the POV-Ray ray tracing rendering test, the Core i9-14900K leads the Ryzen 9 7950X by about 6.78% in the multi-core project, while the Core i7-14700K leads the Core i7-13700K by 14.39%.
▲ In the V-Ray ray tracing rendering test section, Ryzen 9 7950X surpassed Core i9-14900K by 7.41%.
▲ In the X264 and X265 video conversion performance tests, the X264 project was partly due to a bug that caused Ryzen 9 7950X / 7950X3D to only use half of the processor cores, while the X265 project was led by Ryzen 9 7950X / 7950X3D.
▲ During the X264 test, Ryzen 9 7950X / 7950X3D only used 16 execution threads, and another 16 execution threads were idle, resulting in abnormal performance.
▲ Switching to using Handbreak for video conversion does not have this problem. The performance of Ryzen 9 7950X and Core i9-14900K is quite close, with each other winning or losing in the two projects.
▲ The 3DMark CPU Profile processor multi-tasking test can show the performance of the same processor under different loads. It is worth noting that the Ryzen 9 7950X/7950X3D with 16 cores and the Core i9-14900K/13900K with 8P16E core configuration still have performance growth between 16 threads and Max threads. On the other hand, the Core i7-14700K of 8P12E has also grown slightly, while the Core i7-13700K of 8P8E has almost no growth because there are only 16 sets of physical cores in total.
▲ Select some processors for standardized comparison (compared with their own performance multiples in 1 thread). For example, the performance of Ryzen 9 7950X in Max thread is 15.06 times that of 1 thread. Note that the Core i7-14700K’s Max thread performance benefits from the extra E-Core and is better than the Core i7-13700K. As for the Core i9-14900K with 8P16E core configuration, it is 13.45 times, compared with 7.1 times for 8 threads. It can be roughly estimated that 16 sets of E-Core provide a total of about 6.35 times the performance contribution of a single P-Core.
▲ In the AIDA64 memory test, the performance of L1 cache memory is more outstanding in the Intel camp.
▲ L2 cache memory is overtaken by the AMD camp.
▲ The performance of both sides in L3 cache memory is relatively close. It can be seen that the AMD camp’s “X3D version” processor equipped with 3D V-Cache performs worse than the general “X version” due to its architectural design.
▲In the main memory part, the Intel camp is clearly ahead.
▲ Both sides lose in terms of cache memory latency, but in terms of main memory latency, the Intel camp has the upper hand.
▲ In the AIDA64 burn-in test, you can see that the 14th generation Core i processor performed very enthusiastically.
▲ As for the burn-in temperature performance, in the FPU and CPU+FPU projects, AMD and Intel camps have encountered protection temperatures of 95 and 100 degrees.
The king of gaming performance is still 3D V-Cache
Next, let’s continue to look at the performance of each processor in games.
▲ First we saw the 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme test project using Direct X 11 drawing API with 2K (2560 x 1440) resolution. There is a big gap in the physical scores related to the processor, but the Core i9-14900K/13900K has lower image and comprehensive scores for unknown reasons, which in turn affects the overall score.
▲ The 3DMark Time Spy Extreme test project uses Direct X 12 graphics API with 4K resolution. The image scores of each processor are quite close. The main difference is the processor score.
▲ Next, let’s look at the actual game part. FPS performance is very important to the gaming experience in the first-person shooting competition “Absolute Force 2”. It can be seen that with the support of 3D V-Cache, Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Ryzen 7 7800X3D perform very well at 1080p resolution. The average FPS can lead the Core i9-14900K by 6.61%, which can reflect the smoothness and smoothness of the game. 99 The % percentile FPS is also relatively high.
▲ When ray tracing is turned off in “Tomb Raider: Shadow”, Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Ryzen 7 7800X3D stand out. But when it comes to 4K resolution, the performance bottleneck shifts from the processor to the graphics card (GPU Bond), resulting in similar performance of each processor.
▲ After turning on ray tracing in “Tomb Raider: Shadow”, the “X3D version” processor still has certain advantages. Regardless of whether ray tracing is enabled or not, the 4K resolution performance of each processor is quite similar.
▲ Without ray tracing in “Creepy Tunnel: Exile”, the gap between processors will not be too big, and most of them are within the test error range.
▲ After turning on ray tracing in “Thriller Tunnel: Exile”, only the performance of 1080p resolution fluctuated greatly.
▲ When ray tracing is turned off in “Watch Dogs: Legion of Liberty”, Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Ryzen 7 7800X3D lead Core i9-14900K by 13.41% and 9.5% respectively at 1080p resolution.
▲ After turning on ray tracing in “Watch Dogs: Liberty Legion”, the “X3D version” processor still has a clear advantage in 1080p resolution.
▲ “Far Cry 6” is a game that is relatively sensitive to processor performance. Although the “X3D version” processor performs better than the two corresponding “X versions”, it is still overtaken by the Core i9-14900K.
▲ After turning on ray tracing in “Far Cry 6”, the “X3D version” processor came out on top at every resolution.
▲ The Dubai (Dubai) test project of “Assassin’s Mission III” includes a variety of scenes and NPC characters. The overall burden is low. The performance is better with Core i9-14900K, Core i9-13900K, Ryzen 7 7800X3D and other processors.
▲ After Dubai turned on ray tracing in “Assassin’s Mission III”, the gap between processors narrowed, but overall the AMD camp was better.
▲ The Dartmoor test project of “Assassin’s Mission III” includes many gun shooting and explosion effects, is full of physics and particle simulation, and is a more stringent test for the processor and graphics card. The “X3D version” processor can still bring higher FPS performance even at 4K resolution.
▲ After Dartmoor turned on ray tracing in “Assassin’s Mission III”, the Core i9-14900K / 13900K performed better at 1080p resolution, while the AMD camp was slightly ahead in 2K and 4K.
▲ In “Dynasty 2077”, when ray tracing is turned off, the Core i9-14900K has the best performance. At 1080p resolution, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is only 1.2% behind, and the performance is not bad.
▲ After turning on ray tracing in “Dian Yu Rebel 2077”, the performance of each processor tends to be consistent, and the performance is roughly the same at 4K resolution.
From the test data, we can see that the Core i7-14700K adds 4 extra E-Cores compared to the previous generation, which indeed brings higher multi-tasking performance. The other tested processors also have their own characteristics. I will discuss this in the next article. The article analyzes purchasing suggestions for various usage requirements.
Series of articles:
10 major processor performance measurements 2024 opening edition, AMD Ruzen 7000 series versus Intel 14th generation Core i (this article)
Processor Procurement Guide 2024 Opening Edition: Game-focused graphics card, 14700K multi-tasking improvement, 7800X3D for the future (at work)
