Question 14700K VID going over 1.5V in gaming - is that normal?

gesseler555

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The core VIDs on my 14700K are boosting up to 1.547V peak under gaming loads, Though they don't stay there constantly and come back down to around 1.44V frequently. On idle (sitting on desktop) VID is around 0.7V

Vcore saw a peak of 1.492V under those same gaming loads. Idle Vcore is similar to idle VID. Though when sitting on BIOS homescreen core voltage is usually at around 1.37V-ish.

Note that under CPU-intensive stress tests like OCCT or Cinebench, both VID & Vcore are a lot more conservative (around 1.2 to 1.3V). I do get thermal throttling in stress tests but temps in gaming (Battlefield 2042) seem pretty manageable at around 55-60C with a 360 AIO.

I'm on BIOS 1301 (released May 30th) with Intel Default Settings and XMP II with DDR5-7200 (SA VID at 1.301V).

Are these voltages normal? My SVID Behavior is set to Auto.