The new generation of Intel processors was introduced this week in New York. With the slogan of offering superior performance in video games and high-performance work, they began to mention that with Turbo Boost 2.0 technology they offer up to 5.0 GHz frequency of a single core.
As explained earlier, the new i9-9900K, which stands at the top of the pyramid in the Intel Core line, runs the most demanding games with up to 10% more FPS. In fact, Intel has mentioned that they can run games with over 220 FPS without any problems.
Principled Technologies took the new i9-9900K and several competing processors, such as the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX, and proved that the ninth generation of Intel is superior. It’s hard to tell the difference on such a high scale, but the i9-9900K reached up to 309 FPS in Rainbow Six: Siege; 224 FPS in fourteen; 221 FPS in PlayerUnknown’s battlefield; and up to 440 FPS in older games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
The tests were conducted on a computer with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TI, 4x16GB DDR4 and a Samsung 970 Pro SSD (among other specifications). You can view the comparison results at this link.
Another relevant point to talk about improvements is video editing. With Adobe Premiere Pro, they were able to speed up video editing by up to 34% compared to the previous generation. Intel tested the new i9-9900K and the eighth generation i7-8700K, and rendering, which is one of the areas where processing is put to the test, and that has been significantly improved.
But it didn’t do it just because of its reach. In comparison, the brand tested the Intel Core I9-9980XE with the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX and the Titan duel led to positive figures for Intel in three areas: In the Adobe Premiere Edition, it became 108% faster, in Maya 27% faster 3D rendering and in Unreal Engine 13% more efficiency.
The figures were presented at the launch of the ninth generation and can be seen in this picture:
UPDATE: After Intel published the tests conducted by Principled Technologies, the reports were questioned because of an alleged bias in favor of the company. The controversy refers to the configuration of the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X with which the tests were conducted (Game Mode). Since Principled Technologies mentioned the following in a statement to WccfTech:
We are conducting additional testing with AMD systems in Creator Mode. We will update the report with the new results (…) Since our goal is to always do the right thing and get the right answers, we are currently running additional tests. We will share this data and will undoubtedly call you if anything is significantly different from what we have already published.
For our part, we are also waiting for Intel’s comments.