The first third-party gaming benchmarks of Intel’s 14th Gen processors are out in the form of Factorio UPS scores. The Raptor Lake Refresh offers a minimal improvement over existing 13th Gen parts, but that is enough to make the Core i7-14700K faster than the 13700K and the 13900K. The Core i9-14900K, on the other hand, is 10 FPS/UPS higher than the 13900K but considerably slower than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D.
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AMD’s Zen 4 3D CPU is a whopping 63% faster than Intel’s upcoming Raptor Lake-S Refresh flagship. The 14900K is even slower than the previous-gen Ryzen 7 5800X3D in this Factorio “factory” setup. The game likely stores the entire level’s dataset on the on-die V-Cache, resulting in a significant performance advantage over the Intel 14th Gen 14900K.
Unlike most 3D games, Factorio uses UPS “Updates Per Second” to measure performance. It needs 60 UPS to maintain a steady refresh rate of 60 FPS. However, as the complexity of the factory increases, either due to structure expansion or mods, the performance also starts to decrease.
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Another point to note is that the memory kits used in these benchmarks are unknown. While a larger memory pool will improve performance, it’s unlikely to confer a 60%+ boost. Regardless, till the specs of both systems are known, take these with a grain of salt.