#cpu_specifications

They will be shown at CES 2024 Promotional materials have appeared on the Internet with photos of Dell and Alienware laptops, and some of them will be equipped with the latest Intel Core Ultra processors. [caption id="attachment_85043" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Intel Core Ultra processors[/caption] This is what laptops with new Intel Core Ultra processors look like. The images show the XPS 13, 14, 16, as well as the Alienware m16 R2 and m18 R2. All new products will receive a 14th generation Intel Core CPU, but we know that this same 14th generation will include both Raptor Lake Refresh and the latest Meteor Lake. But only the latter will bear the names Core Ultra. Also, some laptops will have discrete graphics cards of the GeForce RTX 40 line. There are no other technical details yet, but these are all fairly high-end laptops. They should be announced at CES 2024, like many other laptops based on the new Intel processors.

This is one and a half times faster than the overclocked Xeon W9-3495X The monstrous 96-core Threadripper Pro 7995WX processor continues to tear old records to shreds. As soon as we had time to talk about  1.1 million points in 7zip and 184,000 in Cinebench R23 , the processor immediately reached a completely different height: more than 200,000 points in Cinebench R23! [caption id="attachment_84145" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Threadripper Pro 7995WX[/caption] More precisely, the result was 201,501 points. The Elmor OC team, which set the record, used liquid nitrogen and overclocked the CPU to 6 GHz. [caption id="attachment_84146" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Threadripper Pro 7995WX[/caption] Threadripper Pro 7995WX sets new records At the same time, the processor consumed a monstrous 1.58 kW, however, at one time the Xeon W9-3495X showed a much lower result, consuming almost 1.9 kW. https://youtu.be/CP6vuvOVTcc It is likely that many records will still be achieved with the participation of the Threadripper Pro 7995WX. But whether Intel will be able to release something of the same level in this segment in the coming years is still an open question. The upcoming Xeon Scalable Emerald Rapids generation will not offer a significant increase in the number of cores, nor any completely new architecture.

Although the difference is small The results of testing the Core i9-14900K processor in tasks that can load modern multi-core processors have appeared on the Internet.  [caption id="attachment_61739" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Ryzen 9 7950X[/caption] In Blender, the new product scores almost 560 points, which is 6% more than the Core i9-13900KS. This is good considering that these are technically identical CPUs. The new product is already 8% ahead of its direct predecessor, the Core i9-13900K. However, the Ryzen 9 7950X is still a little faster.   Neither in Blender nor in V-Ray can the new Core i9-14900K outperform the “old” Ryzen 9 7950X In V-Ray, the new Intel flagship showed a result of 27,790 points, ahead of the Core i9-13900KS by 5% and its predecessor by 8%. But here again, the AMD flagship is ahead.   Of course, it was clear in advance that Raptor Lake Refresh would be only a very minor update (except for the Core i7, which will get more cores), but now we can verify this not only thanks to the results from Geekbench.

The announcement of new CPUs is expected in October The Intel Core i7-14700KF processor appeared in Geekbench 6, where it showed an excellent result compared to its predecessor.  [caption id="attachment_60432" align="aligncenter" width="524"] Core i9-13900K[/caption] The new product scores almost 3,100 points in single-threaded mode and almost 21,200 points in multi-threaded mode. In the second case, this is close to the result of the Core i9-13900KS and higher than the result of the Core i9-13900K, which is unexpected, since the new product has fewer cores and a lower frequency. In comparison with the Core i7-13700K, there is an increase of 20%. However, the secret here is simple: the processor has been overclocked. It operated at 6 GHz versus the native 5.6 GHz. That is, out of the box the Core i7-14700K/KF will offer slightly lower performance, but now it’s clear what can be achieved with minor overclocking.  Core i7-14700KF, which is faster than Core i9-13900K [caption id="attachment_60433" align="aligncenter" width="415"] Core i9-13900K[/caption] The new product will have 8 large and 12 small cores, while its predecessor has 8 large and 8 small cores. Core i7 in all variations will be the only processor in the Raptor Lake Refresh line, whose number of cores will increase compared to its predecessor. In other cases, we will only talk about increasing frequencies.

Frequency reaches 6GHz The Core i9-14900K processor lit up in the CPU-Z test, which confirms its characteristics, and at the same time allows you to compare the new product with its predecessor. [caption id="attachment_51251" align="aligncenter" width="780"] new Intel CPU[/caption] The new CPU will indeed be an almost complete copy of the Core i9-13900K. The same 24 cores, the same amount of cache memory, but the frequency will increase to 6 GHz, that is, by 200 MHz.  Not 3%, but as much as 8-10% of the increase in the new Intel CPU. In the benchmark, the CPU scores 978 and 18,118 points in single-threaded and multi-threaded modes, respectively. Thus, the new product is 8-10% faster than its predecessor. This is not bad, considering the almost identical parameters, but you need to understand that in real applications the gain may be less. But relative to the Core i9-12900K, the increase reaches a much more impressive 19% and 59%, depending on the mode. Let us remind you that the Raptor Lake Refresh line is expected in October.   [caption id="attachment_51254" align="aligncenter" width="780"] new Intel CPU[/caption]