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IntelBX8071514600K
AMD100-100001084WOF
▲ 972,118 ▼

14 Cores, 20 Threads @3.5GHz, Raptor Lake.
Release date: Q4 2023.

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▲ 582,673 ▼

8 Cores, 8 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q4 2024.

Effective Speed 
+1%
Real World Speed
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Great bench: 129% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 5.3 GHz (avg)
Poor bench: 117% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 117% Great: 129%
SPEED RANK: 15th / 1407
Gaming
Gaming 124%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 123%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 137%
UFO
2,321 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 134% Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
Poor bench: 112% Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Poor: 112% Great: 134%
SPEED RANK: 17th / 1407
Gaming
Gaming 122%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 124%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 132%
UFO
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		124 % +1% 122 %
Average Score 
+0%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		83.1 Pts 89.9 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+8%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		219 Pts +0% 218 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		440 Pts +2% 430 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		877 Pts Slightly faster quad-core speed.
+6% 		828 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		1,526 Pts 1,541 Pts +1%
Overclocked Score 
+5%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		92 Pts 99 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+8%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		225 Pts 229 Pts +2%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		451 Pts 459 Pts +2%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		899 Pts 910 Pts +1%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		1,588 Pts 1,777 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+12%
Value & Sentiment 
+12%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.45 % 0.9 % Hugely higher market share.
+100%
Value
Value For Money 		129 % Better value.
+26% 		103 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		97 % Much more popular.
+67% 		58 %
Price
Price (score) 		€212 Much cheaper.
+55% 		€469
Nice To Haves 
+11%
Age
Newest 		20 Months 8+ Months Much more recent.
+60%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		2,647 Pts Faster OC 64-core speed.
+11% 		2,391 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		2,532 Pts Faster 64-core speed.
+17% 		2,170 Pts
Conclusion 
Average Bench 124%
Average Bench 122%

Excellent value CPU, great for gaming, does everything quick fast and in a hurry. Decent headroom as well, mine matches the average bench of i7-14700k on this site (130%) with only a very minor overclock. Even the i9-14900k only averages 131%. It's hard for me to understand why users buy those two way-overpriced CPUs in lieu of this beast. I haven't even tried using higher OC settings--there's absolutely no need at this point in time. Perhaps in 5 years or so I'll revisit that statement. All things considered, the 14600k earns a strong 'recommend' after a full year of use. [Feb '25 mke1jrs]

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AMD’s 7800X3D and 9800X3D CPUs, priced over $400 USD, are widely marketed as “the best gaming CPUs in the world”. This is demonstrated at low resolutions with a 4090-class GPU, whilst conveniently ignoring 0.1% lows (frame drops). Under cherry-picked cache-bound conditions the X3D chips do excel, but there’s a trade-off: the additional cache results in 6% lower boost clocks and 50% to 80% higher prices than their regular counterparts (9700X and 7700X). As with their Radeon GPUs, AMD is looking to drive demand through advanced marketing rather than delivering real-world performance. While Nvidia has effectively countered AMD’s marketing in the GPU space, Intel's marketers remain asleep (terminally?) at the wheel. Nevertheless, the 13600K and 14600K still deliver almost unparalleled real-world gaming performance for around $200 USD. Spending more on a gaming CPU is often pointless, as games are normally limited by the GPU. Without significant improvements in social media marketing: forums, reddit, youtube etc., Intel now face the very real risk of bankruptcy (third worst-performing S&P500 stock from Jan to Aug 2024). Since this summary was published just two days ago, hundreds of twitter threads, thousands of “pcmasterrace” reddit posts, multiple magazine articles, and several youtube videos have emerged in unanimous support for the $480 USD 9800X3D. All of these supposedly disinterested actors are working the weekend to convince you to pay their favourite billion-dollar brand an extra $280 USD this holiday season. [Nov '24 CPUPro]

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