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Bad time to buy an i9-14900k?


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I'm just beginning to research CPU's seriously for the first time since I built my i7-6700k based system. Its not supported by Win 11 so its time to start looking before Win 10 reaches the end.

I see the new Core Ultra chips are the latest, but the benchmarks I'm seeing are basically showing the i9-14900k are almost equal performance wise and cost far less than the top Core Ultra.

The 14900k is older now though. Is there any reason not to consider it for a new build?

Ozone 9 Advanced really struggles on my 6700K. Will I see an improvement on a 14900k?

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The 14900k is a fine performer.

You need large top-tier AIO cooling (forget air coolers).

 

The Core Ultra 9 285k is slightly faster... and at lower TDP (heat).

Using Cinebench R23 Multi-Core test for comparison:

  • 14900k scores ~38712
  • Core Ultra 9 285k scores ~42620
  • 9950x scores ~42871

 

The AMD 9950x slightly outperforms the Core Ultra 9 285k.

 

Edited by Jim Roseberry
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