Wednesday, March 6th 2024
Intel Core i9-14900KS Reportedly Launches Next Week
Intel is reportedly launching its new enthusiast-segment desktop processor, the Core i9-14900KS, on March 14, 2024. The i9-14900KS is marked by Intel as a Special Edition product, meaning that it may not be available in all the markets that you'd otherwise find the regular i9-14900K in; and the processor has higher system- and cooling requirements to achieve its advertised performance levels. Given that Intel priced the previous generation i9-13900KS and i9-12900KS at $740, we don't expect pricing of the i9-14900KS to be any different.
The i9-14900KS is based on the same "Raptor Lake Refresh" silicon as the i9-14900K, but from better bins. It should come with higher overclocking headroom, and better performance out of the box. This is because Intel has dialed up the maximum boost frequencies by 100-200 MHz on both the P-cores and E-cores. The P-cores now boost up to 6.20 GHz using the Thermal Velocity Boost algorithm, whereas the i9-14900K boosts up to 6.00 GHz. With its launch just over a week away, retail boxes of the i9-14900KS are already beginning to leak from sources among brick-and-mortar retailers. Once such source in Vietnam grabbed these snaps of the processor box.
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The i9-14900KS is based on the same "Raptor Lake Refresh" silicon as the i9-14900K, but from better bins. It should come with higher overclocking headroom, and better performance out of the box. This is because Intel has dialed up the maximum boost frequencies by 100-200 MHz on both the P-cores and E-cores. The P-cores now boost up to 6.20 GHz using the Thermal Velocity Boost algorithm, whereas the i9-14900K boosts up to 6.00 GHz. With its launch just over a week away, retail boxes of the i9-14900KS are already beginning to leak from sources among brick-and-mortar retailers. Once such source in Vietnam grabbed these snaps of the processor box.
46 Comments on Intel Core i9-14900KS Reportedly Launches Next Week
Edit: Nvm read your post history lol
Amd/comments/12tlk7sIsn't it the same with Intel cpus, mobo makers ignore amps and power limits? Put a power limit in place and this cpu will be jaw droppingly efficient. I'm thinking about upgrading just for the efficiency boost.
He cant accept that the 14900k was mid to back of the pack in terms of all efficiency tests at stock, and the KS won’t be any better.
If out of the box efficiency is your prime concern then you don't buy a k cpu, let alone a ks. A recent French review tested a lot of workloads, a 13700 non k topped the entire efficiency chart. And that's not even close to the most efficient intel cpu.
Current K SKUs are tuned as such because they otherwise wouldn’t hit competitive levels of performance without using the extreme amount of power they do.
You don’t have to whine about it in every thread, you did make your own thread to talk about uv/tuning for efficiency anyways; which can be done with… any CPU.
hardwareand.co/dossiers/cpu/test-amd-ryzen-5-7500f?start=6
Nice review, tested a non k intel cpu amongst other stuff, a 13700. Topped the entire chart, lol. And im not even touching the idle power draw, 40w more from the wall for the zen 4 cpus, OUCH.
He's been on forced vacation cut him some slack hehe
Otherwise spot on planet efficiency arguments need to be messaged to Intel directly :slap: