In a few weeks, the great rat race that will affect hardware will begin. We know well that CPU and GPU will be renewed and replaced by new generations. This year, hardware fans will be able to delight in figures and technologies, even if they don’t necessarily want to go to the cash drawer. But just before the torgnoles ball begins, here is a final duel of generations who will bow out – at least technically – their bow. So the best current gaming chips as long as the GPU isn’t dropped or the screen definition too high, a.k.a. Ryzen 7 7800X3D And Core i9-14900K, offer themselves an ultimate duel, a last stand. With the gags and the melodrama that affected the 13th and 14th generation Intel Core processors and the latest communication to date, our colleague Techspot to whom we owe the test, has therefore chosen two performance profiles for the 14900K. So, it will be tested in Grandpa mode takes out the CX Pallas, or in Grandpa mode buys a Maserati for his last days. As for the 7800X3D, it is set by default with its factory PBO managed by the motherboard. To decide between them, the GeForce RTX 4090 stands out for itself with its other-worldly performance, in order to push the GPU limit as far as possible. The 3 major market definitions are represented, 1920 x 1080, 2560 x 1440 and 3840 x 2160.
After a tough battle, at 1080p, the 7800X3D beats the 14900K in Extreme mode by 6%, and the rating climbs to 9% with the Performance profile. This is obviously a smoothed average, the results in reality vary greatly depending on the games. For example Assetto Corsa Competizione is 33% faster on Ryzen, on the contrary, Dragon’s Dogma 2 is 5% faster (on this very CPU dependent game), that’s a performance. We can clearly see that a win on a recent game has more value than an older one.
However, our colleague did not calculate the averages on the other definitions, something which may seem strange but which ultimately only confirms one thing. By increasing the definition, the differences smooth out and disappear, the graphics card being the real limiting factor. It’s a safe bet that things happen like this in 1440p, and even more so in 2160p. But with the next generation of graphics cards, it is entirely possible to think that we will see cases in UHD where the CPU will have an influence other than what it is today.
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