Tuesday, July 18th 2023

Intel 14th Gen Core K-series Specs Leaked

Benchlife claims to have obtained full specifications of Intel's upcoming 14th Gen Core series—the site kicked things off by releasing details of a trio of Raptor Lake Refresh K-series SKUs earlier today. Insiders have seemingly divulged fairly comprehensive specs for i9-14900K, i7-14700K, and i5-14600K desktop CPUs. The expected lineup-wide implementation of greater clock speeds (+200 MHz) is present on these examples according to the leaked info—i9-14900K is reportedly capable of boosting up to 6.0 GHz (via Thermal Velocity tech), while its Core i7 and Core i5 siblings are said to be hitting 5.6 GHz and 5.3 GHz (respectively).

The Core i7-14700K seems to be the only rumored model to receive a core count increase—the listed 8P+12E configuration is decked out with more Gracemont efficiency cores when compared to the 13th Gen equivalent's makeup (i7-13700K, 8P+8E). This grants a slightly increased pool of Intel's "Smart Cache"—33 MB instead of the previous gen model's 30 MB. These 125 W TDP "K" SKUs are expected to arrive mid-October alongside "KF" models (lacking iGPUs). The 65-W non-K lineup could be presented at the next CES, and launched in January 2024.
VideoCardz has collated the leaked information, and has updated its comparison charts (referencing 12 & 13th Generation Core SKUs):
Sources: Benchlife, momomo_us Tweet, VideoCardz, Wccftech
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27 Comments on Intel 14th Gen Core K-series Specs Leaked

#26
Denver
Od1sseasThe majority of apps are perfectly optimized for MT, yes. That's why you get better performance the more cores you add (For example going from 8P+8E to 8P+16E). Watch a benchmark. There are multiple on the internet.
Unfortunately, 90% of software doesn't scale with MT, and benefits much more from high IPC/ST performance. You're calling "everything" synthetic rendering software and benchmarks, the small segment that needs more than 16c is well served with monstrosities like TR @ 64c/128T.
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trsttte
Od1sseasThe majority of apps are perfectly optimized for MT, yes
Perfectly optimized is a BIG statement, but sure, there's an ok-ish level of multithread optimization, the problem is that doesn't translate to good heterogeneous computing, like at all. Adding to that, in a desktop platform there's no real power constraints to make you shift stuff around so the e-cores quickly stop making any sense the way intel is pushing them. It's a crutch, it's adding complexity and extra steps because it's seemingly the only way Intel found to increase core counts, it doesn't stop being a crutch and a dirty shortcut just because it's kind of working
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