Monday, December 30th 2019
Intel 10th Gen Core "Comet Lake" Lineup and Specs Revealed
Ahead of a possible reveal in the sidelines of CES, followed by an early-Q2 2020 product-launch, company slides detailing Intel's 10th generation Core desktop processors in the LGA1200 package, codenamed "Comet Lake-S," leaked to the web courtesy Informatica Cero. They confirm that HyperThreading will play a key role, with Intel enabling it across the lineup. The range-topping Core i9 series will be 10-core/20-thread along with 20 MB of L3 cache. The Core i7 series will be 8-core/16-thread, along with 16 MB L3 cache. The all-important Core i5 series will be 6-core/12-thread, equipped with 12 MB of L3 cache. The Core i3 series will have two sub-tiers: i3-103xx series with 4-core/8-thread and 8 MB L3 cache; and i3-101xx series 4-core/8-thread with 6 MB L3 cache.
The Core i7 and Core i9 "Comet Lake" chips will feature native support for dual-channel DDR4-2933, while the Core i5 and Core i3 will make do with native DDR4-2667 support (memory overclocking possible). Besides core/thread counts, and cache size increases, Intel will dial up clock speeds across the board by as much as 300 MHz per SKU (vs. their 9th gen predecessor), and introduce Turbo Boost Max 3.0, which has been exclusive to its HEDT processors. The introduction of Turbo Boost Max 3.0 could also bring about modern favored-core capability (benefiting Windows 10 1909 and later). The classic Turbo Boost is also available. There's also a mysterious new feature called "Thermal Velocity Boost," with its own set of clock-speeds depending on core/thread load. The chips could also feature Modern Standby C10 power-state support (first to the desktop platform). Intel is said to have also added several new core and memory overclocking features on the K-SKUs.
Built on a 14 nm-class silicon fabrication node, and featuring the same IPC as "Skylake," the 10th generation Core "Comet Lake" series will rely on aggressive power-management to sustain 65 W TDP rating for most SKUs, but Intel's virtual barrier for 95 W as the TDP number for unlocked K SKUs ends with the 10 generation (the i9-9900KS already breaks that). The 10th generation Core K SKUs have a scorching 125 W TDP rating not just for the 10-core i9-10900K and 8-core i7-10700K, but also the 6-core i5-10600K. The table above details the various SKUs we could make out from the low image-quality slide screenshots.
Sources:
Informatica Cero, VideoCardz
The Core i7 and Core i9 "Comet Lake" chips will feature native support for dual-channel DDR4-2933, while the Core i5 and Core i3 will make do with native DDR4-2667 support (memory overclocking possible). Besides core/thread counts, and cache size increases, Intel will dial up clock speeds across the board by as much as 300 MHz per SKU (vs. their 9th gen predecessor), and introduce Turbo Boost Max 3.0, which has been exclusive to its HEDT processors. The introduction of Turbo Boost Max 3.0 could also bring about modern favored-core capability (benefiting Windows 10 1909 and later). The classic Turbo Boost is also available. There's also a mysterious new feature called "Thermal Velocity Boost," with its own set of clock-speeds depending on core/thread load. The chips could also feature Modern Standby C10 power-state support (first to the desktop platform). Intel is said to have also added several new core and memory overclocking features on the K-SKUs.
82 Comments on Intel 10th Gen Core "Comet Lake" Lineup and Specs Revealed
Wonder if we'll get 5000Mhz or 5200Mhz ddr4 from Gskill, possibly.
2018 - We will definitely fix Spectre/Meltdown
2019 - We will definitely for sure fix Spectre/Meltdown
2020 - Ooops!
If 3800x can sell at 400 and 3900x at 500 then 450 for 10900 would be a good middle ground.
...if rumors become reality.
1. You can save a significant amount of money buying a locked CPU with a B-series motherboard compared to its unlocked equivalent with a Z-series,
2. I run a m-ITX system, so heat (or the lack of) is more important for me than a few extra MHz - especially for gaming, where the GPU matters more anyway.
To the article: It looks like Intel is pushing hard in the core count race, but does nothing really interesting otherwise. I only use about 60-70% of my i7-7700 in literally every game I play, so I guess Comet Lake will be another generation to skip - or maybe it's time to consider AMD again.
Just have a feeling that those unlocked chips are pushed to the limit already... OC of cpus is a bit dying breed. More limiting factor for those locked CPUs is that low TDP rating, pair them with lower end board and you get a very throttling piece of personal calculator.
i3-10320 has similarities with i7-6700.
For the first time it seems that getting the non-K version might save you the headache of overclocking to gain 200MHz?
Single-core or few-core load will not be much different but the heavier the load the more non-K model will fall behind due to lowered clocks.
7700K tends to pull ahead of 9400F thanks to higher clock speeds, not the extra threads. 9600K that runs largely the same clock speeds as 7700K is largely identical in performance.
I can say the same from personal experience as well, went from i7-6700K to i5-8400 and gaming performance is almost identical.
My poor i3 8086K Special 40year Anniversary Edition i3, lolol. :roll:
Intel's silly product stacking - flagship promotional marketing. lol
NO IPC improvements since the 8700K/8086K, just adding cores +2 then +2 more along with additional internal factory reclocks since 2017. :laugh:
...they gotta do what they gotta do. :rolleyes: