Well, seems like RKL again is mostly boosting productivity and loses something in gaming, same as the other reviews and likely a result of the new MC / cache.
So the interesting thing I see here on the 11400 is the wide flexibility by unlocking power limits.
On productivity, the max power 11400F managed +15.2 to +17.4% higher performance than the stock settings part.
That is absolutely huge, vaulting it above the 3700X and 9900K and in spitting distance of a 10700K and 5600X. The 10400F by comparison, doing the same power unlock and BCLK boosts only added 3.2%.
The cost of course is the power consumption. I'm not liking seeing a 200W max power on this chip, even if it is power unlocked. On my 10400, I never got it to pull more than 90W for just an instant when power unlocked / bclk 102.5. I'm sure under an AVX stress test it would've gone higher - but not a lot higher.
Still we are talking extremes, on Intel systems one can simply adjust the turbo boost power max to whatever your cooler can handle - and that can be done dynamically without a reboot. I set mine for 165W, as that is what I determined my air cooler can handle on my 10850K and keep CPU below 85C under full load. It's as easy as adjusting this bar, and hitting apply :
And the result can be this difference in performance, cooler allowing. Reminds me of the 'Turbo' button a lot of PCs had back in the 80s and 90s.
Ironically, at stock settings, the 11400 is the coolest running chip on the charts, while boosted it is the hottest running chip :
