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Intel Coffee Lake Refresh came out in October 2018, announced by the Core i9-9900K and i7-9700K. Now more than a year later, Intel Comet Lake-S is finally launching, bringing up to 10 cores for the first time to a conventional Intel processor.
This line is spearheaded by the Intel Core i9-10900K, a 10-core, 20-wire chip with a maximum turbo boost of 5.3GHz on two of the 10 cores. This part also has a 125W TDP, which is a huge boost from the Intel Core i9-9900K’s 95W.
This increase in cores, threads, and turbo speeds is reflected in the new Comet Lake-S lineup, and what is perhaps most notable is the Core i7-10700K, which still has that huge 125W TDP, but offers 8 cores and 16 threads with a 5.1 GHz Turbo: A higher specification than the 9900K for just $ 374 (around £ 300, AU $ 571).
We have listed the main main products below. However, please note that all of these processors have an F series variant that does not have integrated graphics.
- Core i9-10900K: 10 cores, 20 threads | 3.7GHz base, 5.3GHz boost | 125W TDP
- Core i9-10900: 10 cores, 20 threads | 2.8GHz base, 5.1GHz boost | 65W TDP
- Core i7-10700K: 8 cores, 16 threads | 3.8GHz base, 5.1GHz boost | 125W TDP
- Core i7-10700: 8 cores, 16 threads | 2.9GHz base, 4.8GHz boost | 65W TDP
- Core i5-10600K: 6 cores, 12 threads | 4.1GHz base, 4.8GHz boost | 125W TDP
- Core i5-10600: 6 cores, 12 threads | 3.3GHz base, 4.8GHz boost | 65W TDP
- Core i5-10500: 6 cores, 12 threads | 3.1GHz base, 4.5GHz boost | 65W TDP
- Core i5-10400: 6 cores, 12 threads | 2.9GHz base, 4.3GHz boost | 65W TDP
- Core i3-10320: 4 cores, 8 threads | 3.8GHz base, 4.6GHz boost | 65W TDP
- Core i3-10300: 4 cores, 8 threads | 3.7GHz base, 4.4GHz boost | 65W TDP
- Core i3-10100: 4 cores, 8 threads | 3.6GHz base, 4.3GHz boost | 65W TDP
Now, we haven’t heard from when these processors will hit stores, but we’re sure it won’t take long.
Infinite power
You may have noticed that TDP has seen an increase in virtually every area, even the Intel Core i5-10600K has a TDP of 125W. We haven’t had a chance to test any of these processors ourselves, but it goes without saying that increased power will generally lead to increased heat.
Intel has not paired its conventional processors with coolers for a while, but has relied on users to invest in a robust aftermarket. CPU coolers, which you will probably need to do with the Intel Core i9-10900K. However, Intel not only increased power consumption and rated it as one day.
To combat the additional thermal load, Intel is using a thinner level of silicon, while also thickening the copper IHS (integrated heat diffuser), which, combined with the return of a soldered thermal interface solution, should in theory lead at lower temperatures the board.
This power boost is likely to allow these Comet Lake processors to achieve such high-boost clocks across the line. With Comet Lake-S, Intel seems to bet that games for years to come will remain mostly single-threaded apps, citing that 60% of all PC games are today.
But with AMD continually doubling high core counts and increasing single-core performance by increasing IPC (instructions per clock) performance, it remains to be seen if this approach will pay off.
Either way, for many people who just want a super powerful gaming CPU, Intel claims the Core i9-10900K will be the best gaming processor, citing a 33% increase in frame rate increase in Mount & Blade II Bannerlord. and 13% in Monster Hunter Iceborne. Those are internal test results, so we would take them with a grain of salt, but it will be impressive if true.
These processors will soon be on store shelves, and we can’t wait to put them in our labs to see exactly how they stack up against the modern CPU landscape.
