After weeks of leaks and rumours, Intel has officially announced its 14th Generation of Core desktop CPUs, starting with a total of six new models. There's the Core i9 14900K, i7 14700K and i5 14600K, along with KF variants missing the iGPU component. Prices for each one are the same as the previous generation and you're getting a bit more clock speed, an update to the i7 configuration, and that's mostly it.
Not that you should be surprised one bit as these chips are internally the same as the Core i9 13900K and so on. In other words, Intel is still using the Raptor Lake architecture for these processors and the higher clock speeds, and other differences, yono all app come entirely from how the chips are selected from the binning process during manufacturing.
The small, 0.2GHz clock speed upgrades haven't resulted in higher power limits, as the TDP (PL1) and PL2 values are still 125W and 253W, respectively. What has changed, though, is the core configuration for the stars of the Core i7 lineup, the 14700K and 14700KF. Previously, this was an 8+8 setup, but Intel added an extra block of four E-cores to the new CPU, so both 14700 models are 8+12.
One other change across the board is the total amount of supported memory. Previously it capped out at 128GB but it's now 192GB, though lots of motherboards for the 13th Generation CPUs already support the higher amount. That's because there's a fairly recent trend towards 24GB and 48GB DDR5 modules, so the change in specifications is probably just a formal recognition of this.
As with all new processor releases, Intel is claiming that the new i9 14900K is better for gaming than AMD's offerings. Figures showing the chip against the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, Ryzen 9 7950X, and Ryzen 9 7950X3D put Intel's latest processor is a good light, but the proof will be in the pudding, as they say, and we're currently working on that dish right now.
The last thing that's new in this launch is the Intel Application Optimization (APO, for short). Precisely what this does is a bit of mystery at the moment, as all Intel has said is that it's a 'new scheduling technology'. What we do know is that it only works in Windows and just for games that are on Intel's whitelist, which rank few in number at launch, though you can potentially see a healthy boost in performance.
APO won't work on every game nor every 14th Gen Core CPU, and it sounds like you'll need to have some kind of Intel software package installed for this to actually work. We'll let you more once we do!
With such a small change over the previous generation of Core processors, Intel would have run into a spot of trouble if they'd increased the prices but since they're the same (or at least, they are for these particular models), there's no real reason to buy a 13th gen i9, i7, or i5 unless they're on sale. The good news is yono all app that those older chips can easily be found under their MSRP so if you're after a bargain, now is the time to shop around and see what you can pick up.
If you are wanting to get Intel's latest and greatest, then you won't have to wait very long at all, as the 14900K, 14700K, and 14600K (plus the KF variants that have the integrated GPU disabled) will be on retailers' and OEM's shelves on October 17.
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