Intel’s Core i9-14900KS has seemed in some other leak – one in all a couple of items of spillage noticed not too long ago – and this time we have now a purported spec sheet appearing the rumored spice up velocity.
Tom’s {Hardware} picked up on a put up by way of @momomo_us on X (previously Twitter) which shared the main points, and the discussed spice up of 6.2GHz, a brand new peak for Intel’s desktop processors.
Keep in mind, that’s the velocity of the supercharged flagship CPU out of the field, ahead of any overclocking shenanigans.
The opposite specifications printed display that the Core i9-14900KS is strictly the similar because the present 14900K in different departments, which is to be anticipated. This used to be the case with earlier ‘KS’ fashions (just like the 13900KS) which handiest upped the spice up velocity, and didn’t alternate anything.
It is because they’re the similar chip: the 14900KS is solely 14900K silicon that are so known as ‘golden’ samples, which means higher-binned merchandise that may tolerate being overclocked greater than your moderate 14900K. Therefore Intel can push them more difficult for spice up speeds out of the field.
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There’s a toll to pay for a 6.2GHz spice up, in fact, and it’s now not simply the costlier ticket that’ll be hooked up to the restricted version 14900KS in comparison to the prevailing Raptor Lake Refresh flagship. You’ll pay a worth in energy utilization, too, with a prior leak suggesting that the 14900KS will exceed 400W when the processor is driven laborious in challenging duties.
Briefly, if you happen to’re buying a Core i9-14900KS, you’ll want to fit the CPU with an epic cooling resolution, and feature a PC case which does neatly at the thermals entrance – however then fanatic consumers of a lot of these processors might be neatly acutely aware of that.
Such is the purported energy utilization of the 14900KS that YouTuber Moore’s Regulation is Useless talked not too long ago about rumors that there used to be even a debate inside Intel about whether or not or to not unlock the restricted version variant. Principally as a result of some Intel body of workers felt it simply regarded unhealthy that it used such a lot energy for just a few share level positive aspects over the vanilla 14900K performance-wise.
After all, we nonetheless don’t know evidently that the 14900KS will be launched by way of Intel, however the rumors are a lot of of overdue that this must be the case. Moore’s Regulation is Useless believes this variant is coming, too, regardless of the interior debate, however that it would possibly not arrive as early as any other people are predicting (March has been discussed not too long ago as a release time-frame).
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