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So they've been officially announced, with release date of October 17th and with"AI Overclocking" up to the same 6GHz
From what I'm hearing, it's pretty much zero performance bump, all that's happened is they've increased frames per watt so they run cooler, which is definitely a good thing and needed, but not what you want from a refresh where you'd normally expect a minimum of a 10% performance bump. The 14700k is the outlier as that is the only chip with more cores on 14th gen, so be open to upcoming 3rd party reviews on that whenever they actually come out.
www.tomshardware.com
The other weird thing is that reviews appear to be embargoed still, we know Derb8uer was given a 14600k and a 14900k but no 14700k? Seems odd, there's definitely something fishy going on even for Intel, from what I understand no one has received a 14700k for review date tomorrow!
This is Derb8uers review, it's just about the specs, no performance benchmarks allowed until tomorrow!
This is quite reminiscent of 11th Gen. As Derb8auer correctly says, they should have released these under the 13th gen nomenclature, not as their own generation, they made a big song and dance about these after admitting they had to cancel Meteor Lake which was basically moved to 15th Gen, so they did need something more than this at this stage.
wccftech.com
The plus side is that apparently 14th Gen will be cheaper than 13th Gen ON RELEASE, so that likely means still more expensive than 13th Gen currently are, but it's a step in the right direction.
It also means this is the 3rd generation to be supported on the same socket which is unusual for Intel as Derb8auer goes into in his video.
Intel have to come out swinging with their all new architecture on 15th Gen or they really are going to start falling too far behind. They undoubtedly still come ahead in some niche use cases, their performance in Startfield for one is unquestionably a significant improvement over even the 7800X3D, but these niche use cases are getting fewer and fewer as the gap widens.
From what I'm hearing, it's pretty much zero performance bump, all that's happened is they've increased frames per watt so they run cooler, which is definitely a good thing and needed, but not what you want from a refresh where you'd normally expect a minimum of a 10% performance bump. The 14700k is the outlier as that is the only chip with more cores on 14th gen, so be open to upcoming 3rd party reviews on that whenever they actually come out.
Intel Core i9-14900K, i7-14700K and i5-14600K Review: Ryzen X3D Stays On Top
Mid-range gaming has a new champion.
The other weird thing is that reviews appear to be embargoed still, we know Derb8uer was given a 14600k and a 14900k but no 14700k? Seems odd, there's definitely something fishy going on even for Intel, from what I understand no one has received a 14700k for review date tomorrow!
This is Derb8uers review, it's just about the specs, no performance benchmarks allowed until tomorrow!
This is quite reminiscent of 11th Gen. As Derb8auer correctly says, they should have released these under the 13th gen nomenclature, not as their own generation, they made a big song and dance about these after admitting they had to cancel Meteor Lake which was basically moved to 15th Gen, so they did need something more than this at this stage.
Intel Meteor Lake-S Rumored To Be Cancelled Once Again, Arrow Lake-S 6+8 Core Desktop SKUs
Rumors are once again pointing towards the cancellation of Intel Meteor Lake-S Desktop CPUs & Arrow Lake-S to take its place in 2024.
wccftech.com
The plus side is that apparently 14th Gen will be cheaper than 13th Gen ON RELEASE, so that likely means still more expensive than 13th Gen currently are, but it's a step in the right direction.
It also means this is the 3rd generation to be supported on the same socket which is unusual for Intel as Derb8auer goes into in his video.
Intel have to come out swinging with their all new architecture on 15th Gen or they really are going to start falling too far behind. They undoubtedly still come ahead in some niche use cases, their performance in Startfield for one is unquestionably a significant improvement over even the 7800X3D, but these niche use cases are getting fewer and fewer as the gap widens.
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