The flagship Bartlett Lake chip can be a bit faster than the flagship Raptor Lake Refresh CPU, but this isn't the case in ever game.
Bartlett Lake 12-P-Core Chip Delivers 5-9% Higher Performance in Games Than 24-Core Intel Core i9 14900K
Intel's Bartlett Lake is an interesting CPU lineup, despite not being meant for the consumer segment. We have previously seen some users making efforts in running the flagship Bartlett Lake chip on a regular LGA 1700 motherboard, as technically, the Bartlett Lake CPUs are compatible with the LGA 1700 socket. Since no official BIOS is available from Intel, mainstream LGA 1700 motherboards don't support the P-core-only chips.
Nonetheless, we did see a user recently achieving success in booting to Windows with a custom BIOS, but we didn't get to know how it performs against other Intel chips, such as the Raptor Lake Refresh, which use the same Raptor Cove Performance cores as the Bartlett Lake P-core chips. Thankfully, the German YouTuber, Zed Up, got his hands on the Core 9 273PQE and successfully compared it against the Intel Core i9 14900K in various games.
Being the only 12 P-Core chip in the lineup, the Core 9 273PQE is a unique product that doesn't bring the same hybrid architecture as the Intel Core i9 14900K, which is an 8 P + 16 E-core chip. Even though Intel argues that the P and E cores are technically similar in prowess, we know that performance cores are superior in clocks and help in better performance, particularly in gaming. While 8 performance cores are sufficient for intensive gaming, 12 P cores seem to have a positive effect on gaming overall.
As per Zed Up's testing, the Core 9 273PQE delivers up to 9% better performance in some games (Outcast 1.1 and Shadow of the Tomb Raider) while in others, we saw 5-6% higher FPS (Horizon Zero Dawn and Monster Hunter Wilds) than the Core i9 14900K. Except for CS 2 and Rainbow Six Siege, the Core 9 273PQE seems to be effective in most gaming workloads, which suggest the 273PQE as one of the best processors for gaming. However, the CPU along with the entire Bartlett Lake stack isn't meant for the regular consumer segment and is only released for the embedded segment.
Even if someone manages to buy the Core 9 273PQE, the overall platform cost will be more than buying a Raptor Lake Refresh platform. This makes the regular 14th-gen CPUs better in terms of value per dollar than the Bartlett Lake chips.
News Source: Via Videocardz
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