Intel Core i9 Raptor Lake Refresh i9-14900K BOX

The lineup of flagship 24-core processors with unprecedented performance levels for the mass market, offering support for PCIe 5.0, DDR5, and Thermal Velocity Boost. These series' representatives belong to the high price segment and are primarily aimed at workstation owners, for processing multimedia content, audio, video and graphic rendering, engineering calculations, compilation, etc.

They are also perfectly suitable for use in elite gaming PCs with a solid power reserve for several generations ahead. Compared to the 13th generation Core i9 processors, the Raptor Lake Refresh models offer improvements in clock rates and support for modern technologies, while maintaining the main characteristics of the previous generation. The main improvements of the Core i9-14900K compared to the previous model i9-13900K involve clock rate increases.

The clock rate of P-cores is increased by 200 MHz and E-cores by 100 MHz. This provides a performance boost within 5-10% in various tasks. The Core i9-14900K specifications are as follows: 8 high-performance cores and 16 energy-efficient cores total 32 threads, P-cores can boost up to 5.6 GHz, while E-cores can boost up to 4.4 GHz. The cache size is 36 MB L3.

The maximum thermal design power (TDP) is 125 W, and the maximum turbo power reaches 253 W. In gaming, the Core i9 Raptor Lake Refresh chips show excellent results, but sometimes fall behind cheaper models like the Core i7-14700K, especially in some tests. This is due to game optimization for fewer cores and higher clock rates per core. Additionally, the Core i9 Raptor Lake Refresh processors support the same PCIe 5.0 and 4.0 interfaces, as well as other connectivity options, as previous models. The same LGA 1700 socket is used for connection, as in previous generations, so it is not necessary to buy a new motherboard for the new processor.