Intel’s mainstay CPU that should be “15th generation” appears in Geekbench with the right number of nuclei/utas as 14900K, it is likely to be an identified technical sample.

Core i9-15900k benchmarked in Geekbench 6.4? Score only 2279 points in one and 11690 in multi-core tests

If you are waiting for the successor to ‘actual’ to Core i9 14900k, Core i9 15900k is here. No need to maintain your hope for now, because it seems that the Core i9 15900K may be an initial technical sample, which seems wrongly identified in Geekbench.

The possibility of Core i9 14900K, which will be in the pre-production version. When Intel tests the chip several times before it was launched, sometimes it is possible that some chips are determined by different model numbers. However, it is also possible for the comparison database for the wrong sample label.

We can see that 15900K shares most of the specifications with 14900K. This includes 24 cores and 32 throats, and also L2 cache and L3 each 8 MB and 36 MB. The socket is also the same, namely, LGA 1700; Therefore, it is likely that 14900k is wrong label, which is indicated by identification as well. Both lake raptor and lake raptor refresh chips have Original Family 6 Model 183 Stepping 1 identifying, and we all know that the real 15th generation Intel processor, namely Lake Panah Chip, has Original Family 6 Model 198 Stepping 2 identification.

Nevertheless, it is interesting to see the benchmark of 15900 K, which revealed a pretty disappointing performance at Geekbench. Single and multi-core scores (2279 and 11690 points each) are significantly lower than 14900K, and we can see that the frequency mentioned is also much lower. The basic clock is only 800 MHz, and the push is 4.8 GHz. 14900K brought a P-Core 5.8 GHz push and a score of nearly 3,000 points in one and 20,000 points in a multi-core test on Geekbench 6.

The processor was tested on the B760 motherboard from a Chinese company called Jginyue. This is the Jginyue B760i Snow Dreammotherboard, boasting the ITX form factor and LGA 1700 socket. That’s all you should know about this benchmark. So, it does not have high hopes to see other Intel processor series at this time, because Intel will not launch the ‘15000’ family, which, in fact, is the core of the Ultra Series 2.

News source: benchleaks