Gaming Performance Continued
We are going to focus on the 4K, 1440p, and 1080p gameplay performance. The common GPU used for every CPU is an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition video card. Each graph has all three resolutions on each CPU included, but the order and sorting do not change in each graph. You can look at the framerate between CPUs at each resolution.
Metro Exodus
We wanted to include the original Metro Exodus (not the Enhanced Edition) in our benchmarks today since Intel specifically specified it as one of the whitelisted games for its Intel Application Optimization technology. We are running the benchmark in the “Extreme” quality preset.
The first thing that we will notice is that there is a consistent 1 FPS gain in performance from 4K to 1440p to 1080p with 7800MT/s DDR5 compared to 7200MT/s DDR5. This is the highest difference we’ve seen, which really equates to nothing. Now when we look at performance compared to the 13900K the new 14900K doesn’t seem to offer any performance advantage compared to the 13900K. Even at 1080p, it’s only faster because of the 7800MT/s RAM.
However, compared to the Ryzen 9 7950X and 7950X3D we definitely do see the Intel CPUs picking up performance. At 1440p the 14900K is 4% faster than the Ryzen 9 7950X and 7950X3D. At 1080p the 14900K is 5% faster than the 7950X. We wouldn’t call these gains massive, but they are consistent.
Dying Light 2
In Dying Light 2 we are running with the latest patch 1.12.2. We are using the “High” preset but have turned on DX12 Ultimate and ASYNC. We are running the benchmark.
In Dying Light 3 we actually do see some differences due to the memory/DDR5 performance on the Intel Core i9-14900K, probably the biggest gains we’ve seen are right here. At 1080p the i9-14900K with 7800MT/s DDR5 is 1% faster. Now, when comparing performance to the i9-13900K the new 14900K is pretty much exactly the same performance, it is again only faster due to memory speed at 7800MT/s.
The real difference is in comparison to the Ryzen 9 7950X and 7950X3D. The new Intel Core i9-14900K is 3% faster than the Ryzen 9 7950X3D at 1440p. At 1080p it is a bigger 6% faster than the Ryzen 9 7950X3D and 10% faster than the Ryzen 9 7950X. The 7950X3D is faster than the 7950X by 4%, but that is not enough, the 14900K is faster by 6% still compared to the 7950X3D.
Call of Duty Modern Warfare II
In Call of Duty Modern Warfare II benchmark, we are running at the “Extreme” quality preset, with no upscaling. Everything is turned on.
We literally see no difference between any of the CPUs in this game, none have an advantage and they all offer the same experience.