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. The Intel and AMD CPUs are separated by color, you can see the Ryzen 7 7800X3D at the bottom, and compare that with the Intel Core i7-14700K on top.
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.
At 4K, there is no difference between the CPUs, and even at 1440p we only see slight differences, though the 14700K is the fastest CPU beating the 7800X3D at 1440p. At 1080p the Intel Core i7-14700K is 3% faster than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, though the 7800X3D is the fastest AMD CPU out of the AMD CPU bunch. Compared to the 12700K the 14700K is 6% faster coming from 12th Gen to 14th Gen.
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 2 the spread is pretty even at 4K, but at 1440p we see some distinct differences in performance. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a distinct advantage over the Ryzen 9 7900X and Ryzen 7 7700X at 1440p and 1080p, that CPU is a clear winner over the AMD CPUs. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D is also a clear winner, for the first time in our gaming benchmarks, over the Intel Core i7-14700K in Dying Light 2. We find that at 1440p the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is 8% faster than the 14700K, and at 1080p it is 8% faster. This is the first game, where it beat the 14700K at both resolutions, so this game must like that 3D V-Cache.
When we compare the 14700K to the 12700K though, we do see the 14700K offers a nice uplift over the 12700K. The 14700K is 6% faster than the 12700K at 1440p and 12% faster at 1080p. We see that the 12700K runs into a bottleneck between 1440p and 1080p. The higher cache capacity on the 14700K must be allowing it to achieve less of a bottleneck, and that backs up the idea of this game liking that extra cache.
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 do see a slight difference at 1080p in this game, where the Intel Core i7-14700K and Ryzen 7 7800X3D are matching performance at 1080p and 1440p. The 14700K appears to be about 4% faster than the 12700K at 1080p in this game.