Tuesday, December 10th 2019
Intel Core i9-10900K 10-core Processor and Z490 Chipset Arrive April 2020
Intel is expected to finally refresh its mainstream desktop platform with the introduction of the 14 nm "Comet Lake-S" processors, in Q2-2020. This sees the introduction of the new LGA1200 socket and Intel 400-series chipsets, led by the Z490 Express at the top. Platform maps of these PCI-Express gen 3.0 based chipsets make them look largely similar to current 300-series platform, with a few changes. For starters, Intel introducing its biggest ACPI change since C6/C7 power states that debuted with "Haswell;" with the introduction of C10 and S0ix Modern Standby power-states, which give your PC an iPad-like availability while sipping minimal power. This idea is slightly different from Smart Connect, in that your web-connected apps and processor work at an extremely low-power (fanless) state, rather than waking your machine up from time to time for the apps to refresh. 400-series chipset motherboards will also feature updated networking interfaces, such as support for 2.5 GbE wired LAN with an Intel i225-series PHY, 802.11ax WiFi 6 WLAN, etc.
HyperThreading will play a big role in making Intel's processor lineup competitive with AMD's given that the underlying microarchitecture offers an identical core design to "Skylake" circa 2015. The entry-level Core i3 chips will be 4-core/8-thread, Core i5 6-core/12-thread, Core i7 8-core/16-thread; and leading the pack will be the Core i9-10900K, a 10-core/20-thread processor. According to a WCCFTech report, this processor will debut in April 2020, which means at CES 2020 in January, we'll get to see some of the first socket LGA1200 motherboards, some even based on the Z490. The platform also mentions an interesting specification: "enhanced core and memory overclocking." This could be the secret ingredient that makes the i9-10900K competitive with the likes of the Ryzen 9 3900X. The LGA1200 platform could be forwards-compatible with "Rocket Lake," which could herald IPC increases on the platform by implementing "Willow Cove" CPU cores.
Source:
WCCFTech
HyperThreading will play a big role in making Intel's processor lineup competitive with AMD's given that the underlying microarchitecture offers an identical core design to "Skylake" circa 2015. The entry-level Core i3 chips will be 4-core/8-thread, Core i5 6-core/12-thread, Core i7 8-core/16-thread; and leading the pack will be the Core i9-10900K, a 10-core/20-thread processor. According to a WCCFTech report, this processor will debut in April 2020, which means at CES 2020 in January, we'll get to see some of the first socket LGA1200 motherboards, some even based on the Z490. The platform also mentions an interesting specification: "enhanced core and memory overclocking." This could be the secret ingredient that makes the i9-10900K competitive with the likes of the Ryzen 9 3900X. The LGA1200 platform could be forwards-compatible with "Rocket Lake," which could herald IPC increases on the platform by implementing "Willow Cove" CPU cores.
96 Comments on Intel Core i9-10900K 10-core Processor and Z490 Chipset Arrive April 2020
Huge changes in the platform...
Interested to see how it benefits home desktops that don't stay powered up all day long.
The problem is you still need to get a new motherboard, and the way AMD is right now, you can get an absolutely solid B450 board for 120$ or less. Keep in mind it has all the OC features unlocked.
Don't think intel is gonna sell any decent Z490 boards for less than 200 bones. And you can't get any other chipset with OC support unless intel decides otherwise.
They're struggling and I love it
i7 - 8c/16t?
i5 - 6c/12t?
i3 - 4c/8t?
or maybe intel might have some non hyper threaded 10 series cpu.
e.g - i5 might be a straight 8cores and i3 might be a pure 6 cores with no hyper threading
pentium 4c/8t celeron 4c/4t
as for pricing i think intel is gonna ask $649 or $699 for its i9 10 cores, but it will be interesting what intel priced them at.
also did you compare how intel and AMD calculate tdp? can you maybe elaborate.
Intel: "And now we announce out first 10nm desktop processor, the Intel Core i9-10900K"
......audience goes silent......
Intel: Ahahahahahaha..... you are so easy to be fooled. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL! It's still 14nm++++++. April fool's day!
Oh, you are so easy....... so easy to be fooled......
.....By the way. We have some new 32nm i5s if you are interested...."
They launch generations on regular basis. It has the improvements they had at hand. That's it.
Big changes will come when possible. Intel wants that as well.
10900K itself doesn't look half bad if priced in line with AMD. At $500 it'll sell like hot cakes.
As usual, it's more important how the high volume, mid range models stack up ($150-300 range).
Edit: corrected.
For the slow boot times... you are about 2 months behind news because that was improved with a UEFI update at some point.
AMD did not lie about anything. Users believed by their own "Intel mindshare" (like you) that boost will be Intel alike...
Advertised performance is real. And boost is also real, just not in the way you wanted/expected it to be.
Dont talk about misleading advetrisement because Intel has a whole division in false, misleading and narrow perspective adv...