Friday, December 27th 2019
Intel Enthusiast-Grade K Processors in the Comet Lake-S Family Rumored to Feature 125 W TDP
This piece of news shouldn't surprise anyone, except for the fact that Intel is apparently signing on a TDP of 125 W for even its K-series unlocked processors for their next-generation Comet Lake-S family. Intel's current Comet Lake 9900K CPU features a TDP of "only" 95 W - when compared to the rumored 125 W of the 10900K), whilst their current top offering, the i9-9900KS, features a 127 W TDP. Remember that Intel's 10900K should feature 10 cores and 20 threads, two extra cores than their current 9900K - this should explain the increased TDP, a mathematical necessity given that Intel can only count on marginal improvements to its 14 nm fabrication process to frequencies and power consumption of its CPUs.
A leaked slide from momomo on Twitter shows, if real, that Intel's future enthusiast-grade CPUs (likely i5-10600K, i7-10700K and i9-10900K) will feature this 125 W TDP, while other launches in that family will make do with the more traditional 65 W TDP (interesting to see that Intel has some 10-core CPUs with 65 W TDP, the same as their current 9900, despite two more cores). A footnote on the leaked slide shows that these K processors can be configured for a 95 W TDP, but this would likely come at a significant cost to operating frequency. Intel seems to be bringing a knife to a gunfight (in terms of core counts and TDP) with AMD's Ryzen 3000 and perhaps Ryzen 4000 CPUs, should those and Intel's future offerings actually coexist in the market.
Sources:
user momomo @ Twitter, via Videocardz
A leaked slide from momomo on Twitter shows, if real, that Intel's future enthusiast-grade CPUs (likely i5-10600K, i7-10700K and i9-10900K) will feature this 125 W TDP, while other launches in that family will make do with the more traditional 65 W TDP (interesting to see that Intel has some 10-core CPUs with 65 W TDP, the same as their current 9900, despite two more cores). A footnote on the leaked slide shows that these K processors can be configured for a 95 W TDP, but this would likely come at a significant cost to operating frequency. Intel seems to be bringing a knife to a gunfight (in terms of core counts and TDP) with AMD's Ryzen 3000 and perhaps Ryzen 4000 CPUs, should those and Intel's future offerings actually coexist in the market.
96 Comments on Intel Enthusiast-Grade K Processors in the Comet Lake-S Family Rumored to Feature 125 W TDP
Compare it like those were crimes: what AMD does in TDP is like stealing candy from a grocery store. Intel is like robbing a bank and shooting the police. their both crimes! but one is worst than the other.
why doesn't anyone pay attention to what actually matters
K-series will be entusiast only,I like the mainstream ones though.
+4.5ghz out of the box,HT on every chip.fast,cool and quiet.
Also, AMD's cooling needs increased significantly in high core 7nm chips (because of concentration), while TDP stayed pretty much the same.
That's way more misleading than what Intel does.
it'd be harder to cool a 65w 3700x than a 95w 9700k at cause the former runs 8-12 degrees warmer.I've been watching countless videos on YT of 3700x/9700k in game comparisons and the difference is always there.
9th gen K-chips are pretty cool when operating at stock voltages and I have even higher hopes for 10th gen.
I know I'll consider that too.I've never bought a cpu new actually.
I just quoted the testing setup,why would any reviewer test cpus on different coolers ?
and if 3900x reaches 80 degrees on custom cooling,their box cooler would throttle all through the whole review.
The 210W figure at 4.7 GHz all core is power consumption.
I prefer to look at performance and temperatures over tdp.it's the tdp that serves the purpose of better performance and temp/noise,it's not a metrics one should pursue on its own.