Tuesday, October 1st 2019
Intel 10th Gen Core X "Cascade Lake" HEDT Processors Launch on October 7
October 7 promises to be an action-packed day, with not just AMD's launch of its Radeon RX 5500 series graphics card, but also Intel's 10th generation Core X "Cascade Lake" HEDT processors in the LGA2066 package. With AMD having achieved near-parity with Intel on IPC, the focus with the 10th generation Core X will be on price-performance, delivering double the number of cores to the Dollar compared to the previous generation. Intel will nearly halve the "Dollars per core" metric of these processors down to roughly $57 per core compared to $103 per core of the 9th generation Core X. This means the 10-core/20-thread model that the series starts with, will be priced under $600.
The first wave of these processors will include the 10-core/20-thread Core i9-10900XE, followed by the 12-core/24-thread i9-10920XE around the $700-mark, the 14-core/28-thread i9-10940XE around the $800-mark, and the range-topping 18-core/28-thread i9-10960XE at $999, nearly half that of the previous-generation i9-9980XE. There is a curious lack of a 16-core model. These chips feature a 44-lane PCI-Express gen 3.0 root complex, a quad-channel DDR4 memory interface supporting up to 256 GB of DDR4-2933 memory (native speed), and compatibility with existing socket LGA2066 motherboards with a BIOS update. The chips also feature an updated AES-512 ISA, the new DLBoost instruction set with a fixed-function hardware that accelerates neural net training by 5 times, and an updated Turbo Boost Max algorithm. Intel will extensively market these chips to creators and PC enthusiasts. October 7 will see a paper-launch, followed by November market-availability.
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The first wave of these processors will include the 10-core/20-thread Core i9-10900XE, followed by the 12-core/24-thread i9-10920XE around the $700-mark, the 14-core/28-thread i9-10940XE around the $800-mark, and the range-topping 18-core/28-thread i9-10960XE at $999, nearly half that of the previous-generation i9-9980XE. There is a curious lack of a 16-core model. These chips feature a 44-lane PCI-Express gen 3.0 root complex, a quad-channel DDR4 memory interface supporting up to 256 GB of DDR4-2933 memory (native speed), and compatibility with existing socket LGA2066 motherboards with a BIOS update. The chips also feature an updated AES-512 ISA, the new DLBoost instruction set with a fixed-function hardware that accelerates neural net training by 5 times, and an updated Turbo Boost Max algorithm. Intel will extensively market these chips to creators and PC enthusiasts. October 7 will see a paper-launch, followed by November market-availability.
35 Comments on Intel 10th Gen Core X "Cascade Lake" HEDT Processors Launch on October 7
If a cpu can't complete a task efficiently then it is useless no matter how cheap it is.
By this logic, the "relative performance per dollar" of Xeon 3040 will be infinite because it is worthless (price-wise) but still gets the job done (eventually).
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With that said, AMD’s zen2 higher core count, better IPC and lower deploy cost per core still remain supreme. Really looking forward to what TR3 brings to the table.
Either way screw intel they will have to try harder to get my coin.
AMD Threadripper 3 on the other hand will slaughter these chips at video and other creativity suites that scale with brute CPU power. Threadripper 3 debuts with a 24-core model, probably with a three-figure price, AMD isn't bothering with lower core counts as Ryzen 9 AM4 is already on 16-core.
So all the science guys should pick up Cascade Lake, all the other creators/media guys should pick up Threadripper 3. I have a hunch that there's a bigger market for Threadripper 3 than Core X CascadeLake.
But yeah, even throw Intel now dropped prices down. I am still more into 3950X with pcie Gen 4 and better efficiency + still a bit lower priced.
Ryzen 9 is basically for people who want HEDT-like performance on a tight budget. They're decent at video mastering.
No matter which side you're on, or prefer, this will make it more affordable to access high performance CPUs for everyone.
Think my biggest surprise is that Intel isn't going to force adoption of another new platform for this release, and just how drastically they've lowered the prices.
AMD YES!
Nut matter what. Consumer are the winner now as we now have existing CPU's from amd and Intel with out have to pay 4 ciffer prices. 2019 looks to be a great year for cpu upgrades. Better than the last decade at least.
The problem just is. Choises choises, so much to chose, so little time to deside.
3900x is about equal to 9900K in games.
and decent at video mastering? it's THE BEST.
Threadripper, 9980XE.. all are beaten by 3900x, please watch epox vox's review and you understand why :)
@btarunr did the source site claim this as a press release? If, so I think you should mention that next time.
Maybe it's Cascade Lake for standard desktops requiring a new platform, but CL-X that keeps compatibility.
Maybe all this is true but the new Bios update can fix it.
For productivity go with the new 10 core. It will have quad channel memory versus dual channel in 9900KS. It also has AVX512 which is not available in 9900KS.