News Intel’s Black Edition CPUs aren’t always faster than the regular ones —Core i7-14790F performs like a Core i7-14700F in Geekbench 6 benchmark

[Admin]

The first benchmark of Intel's Core i7-14790F processor for the Chinese market has emerged.

Intel’s Black Edition CPUs aren’t always faster than the regular ones —Core i7-14790F performs like a Core i7-14700F in Geekbench 6 benchmark : Read more

 

[tamalero]

There goes intel again with their comboluted naming scheme..

 

[JamesJones44]

The Core i7-14790F retails for $410 in China, whereas the vanilla Core i7-14700F sells for around $10.

Where can one find this magic $10 i7-14700F?! 😀

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

The Core i7-14700K has an 8+12 design, while the Core i7-14790F rocks an 8+8 layout, meaning the latter has four fewer E-cores. The clock speeds are somewhat similar between the two chips. The only difference is that the Core i7-14790F has a 100 MHz higher P-core boost clock.

That's NOT correct. Check the official specs again. Both the F variant and this new Chinese-exclusive SKU share the same base/boost clock speeds. And, I presume you meant the F variant, and not K ?

You need to correct your Table/chart as well. P core clocks, 2.1/5.3 Ghz. These two processors only differ in the Cache and core count.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/compare.html?productIds=236779,236854

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

Where can one find this magic $10 i7-14700F?! 😀

lol, I was about to point that as well. !

 

[Thunder64]

Does nobody proofread these things?

The Core i7-14790F retails for $410 in China, whereas the vanilla Core i7-14700F sells for around $10.

 

[Sleepy_Hollowed]

Intel is a minefield of names for CPUs, though in mobile it’s just a complete mess for everyone.

At this point they should just put the core count next to the name to be safe.

 

[tamalero]

Does nobody proofread these things?

but..but.. AI... the future.. automation!

 

[ingtar33]

Intel is a minefield of names for CPUs, though in mobile it’s just a complete mess for everyone.

At this point they should just put the core count next to the name to be safe.

ah, but obscuring what you're buying is most of the reason for this confusing naming scheme.

 

[TerryLaze]

ah, but obscuring what you're buying is most of the reason for this confusing naming scheme.

What's so confusing about it? Better than 14700 not as good as 14900...
What would be a good name for it in your mind?! i7-china?
Should they name it i7-14thgen8p12e2.1_5.3_s1700_C60Mb ?

Laymen buying CPUs only care about where in the stack the CPU is and how much it costs, everybody else can easily look up specs without getting confused.

 

[Pierce2623]

This article misses a lot of nuance. L2 is really identical between them. The 14700f just seems like more because the extra e cores have their L2 cluster. The 14790f has extra L3 that’s usable by any p core. It WILL have better gaming performance than the normal model. That being said, if you’re spending over $300 on a gaming CPU, only a 7800x3d makes sense.

 

[Pierce2623]

This article misses a lot of nuance. L2 is really identical between them. The 14700f just seems like more because the extra e cores have their L2 cluster. The 14790f has extra L3 that’s usable by any p core. It WILL have better gaming performance than the normal model.

What's so confusing about it? Better than 14700 not as good as 14900...
What would be a good name for it in your mind?! i7-china?
Should they name it i7-14thgen8p12e2.1_5.3_s1700_C60Mb ?

Laymen buying CPUs only care about where in the stack the CPU is and how much it costs, everybody else can easily look up specs without getting confused.

Most of this discussion is idiots actually not believing the 14790f is better for gaming because an article fed them the spec table in a misleading way and didn’t have any gaming benchmarks. The article claiming the “14700f has more L2” is literally just because the scores have an L2 cluster. On a per core basis, the L2 is identical between the two chips. The Black model has more L3 though, and at these low numbers more L3 is a straight performance increase in gaming workloads.

 

[edzieba]

Intel’s Black Edition CPUs aren’t always faster than the regular ones

I don't think the China-only SKUs ('Black Edition') have ever been faster than the RoW SKUs.

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

Does nobody proofread these things?

As far as I'm aware, Nope, there is no proofreading here at Tom's. Which is kind of 'unprofessional' if you ask my honest opinion, considering this to be a reputed tech site for news/reviews/leaks.

I have been making corrections in quite a few of the articles posted here lately (which I personally read for info), and NONE of them have been looked into and/or edited for typos, or any other technical errors posted.

I guess the article authors are least bothered in reading the comment section. 🙄