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About This Product
The Intel Core i9-14900 is a 24-core, 32-thread desktop CPU from the Raptor Lake Refresh series, featuring 8 P-cores and 16 E-cores. It offers strong multi-threaded performance suitable for demanding productivity tasks and content creation. While capable for gaming, its performance uplift over previous generations is modest, and it faces strong competition from AMD's Ryzen 7000 series in both gaming and productivity at its price point.
Performance Benchmarks
Scores are grouped by benchmark family so it is easy to compare raw speed, threaded output, and real-world value without mixing scales.
Render Workloads
Next-Gen Scale
Cross-Platform
Large Sample Pool
Value & Efficiency
These derived metrics use Cinebench R23 multi-core performance to keep the value calculation consistent across the catalog.
Performance per Watt
520.3 pts/W
Performance per Dollar
58.1 pts/$
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GPU Bottleneck & Pairing
These pairings are pre-calculated around 1440p balance so you can move quickly from CPU research to a realistic gaming build.
Strong combos with only minor trade-offs.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Slight GPU bottleneck
Estimated GPU limitation of 11% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Slight GPU bottleneck
Estimated GPU limitation of 11% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Slight GPU bottleneck
Estimated GPU limitation of 11% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
GeForce RTX 5080
Slight GPU bottleneck
Estimated GPU limitation of 15% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
GeForce RTX 5080
Slight GPU bottleneck
Estimated GPU limitation of 15% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
GPU bottleneck 17%
Estimated GPU limitation of 17% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
GPU bottleneck 17%
Estimated GPU limitation of 17% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU bottleneck 19%
Estimated GPU limitation of 19% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU bottleneck 19%
Estimated GPU limitation of 19% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU bottleneck 19%
Estimated GPU limitation of 19% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
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Verdict
βA powerful CPU for professionals needing high core counts, but gamers may find better value elsewhere.β

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"16% better single-core, 66% slower multi-core, $332 more expensive"

Multi-core 32,605 Β· $1,112
"4% better single-core, 4% better multi-core, $17 cheaper"