Intel's new flagship i9 desktop CPU is, as you would expect, very fast indeed. Also as you would expect, for the most part its Ryzen 9 3950X equivalent kicks sand in its face and runs away laughing.

Intel has launched the Core i9-14900KS, its fastest PC processor for extreme gaming. However, it also admitted that AMD's Ryzen chips outperform it in certain gaming scenarios.

Intel's new Core i9-14900K and Core i5-14600K close the gap with the competition from AMD, but they provide little reason to jump ship. Skip to main content Menu ...

Its multithreaded score of 23,051 compared to 21,678 for the Core i9-13900K while the Core i9-12900K could only manage 16,250, emphasising that 14th Gen CPUs could be a good upgrade from 12th Gen ...

Notch down the Core i9-13900K to 105W or 65W, and it goes lighter on power consumption than the 7950X with the same limits. It may get outperformed by the 7950X at those TDPs, but you won’t be ...

Intel's Core i9-14900K could be significantly faster than the Core i9-13900K. Antony Leather. As widely expected, ASRock goes on to state that its LGA1700 motherboards are next-gen ready, listing ...

The Intel Core i9-13900K is one of the CPUs affected by this ongoing problem. (Image credit: Future) As for what Intel is advising users to do, well… there’s not much to say.

In applications, the Core i9-13900K tops the charts, but the Ryzen 9 7950X isn’t far behind. In some cases, such as 7-Zip and 3DMark’s Fire Strike test, the Ryzen 9 7950X actually claims the lead.