Intel's Lion Cove Architecture Shows Gaming Performance Regression Despite Technical Improvements
, i913900K, i9K Also behind multiple AMD Ryzen processors Represents rare generational regression...Gaming Benchmark Ranking: Intel Core Ultra 285K: 12th place Outperformed by: i7K, i7K...Technical Specifications Intel Core Ultra 285K: Architecture: Lion Cove P Core Configuration...Intel's latest Lion Cove architecture, featured in their Core Ultra 285K processor, has sparked significant...own 13th and 14th generation processors like the i7K and i7K....is that the Core Ultra 285K ranks 12th in multi gaming benchmarks, falling behind Intel's...Reference: Intel’s Lies Core: PCore and Gaming Workloads...impact: 22% latency increase vs previous Intel generation ECore and PCore Scheduling Problems...Memory Support: DDR5 Process Node: Intel 20A / TSMC hybrid Cache Latency Issues Impact...: 8P 16E cores 24 total Cache: 36 Intel Smart Cache Base Power: 125W Maximum Power: 250W...Community discussions have highlighted ongoing issues with Intel's hybrid architecture approach, where...Lion Cove L3: 83 cycles Intel Previous Gen L3: 68 cycles AMD Zen 5 L3: 47 cycles Performance...gaming performance, particularly in titles like Call of Duty where thread scheduling to the wrong core...This workaround, while effective for testing architectural capabilities, defeats the purpose of Intel's...to retrieve data from its cache memory, measured in clock cycles. Cache Latency Comparison: Intel...The community consensus suggests that Intel's focus on efficiency cores and power optimization has come...architecture shows promise in other workloads, gamers may be better served by previous generation Intel...regression and ongoing software scheduling issues, Lion Cove represents a challenging period for Intel's...power efficiency and productivity workloads, these gains haven't translated to the gaming market where Intel...processor generation performs worse than its predecessors in gaming scenarios, raising questions about Intel's...The technical analysis reveals that Intel's shift to a more complex chiplet design has introduced interconnect...compatibility problems. Performance Regression Against Previous Generations Perhaps most concerning for Intel