Wednesday, February 12th 2020

Intel Core i7-10700K Features 5.30 GHz Turbo Boost

Intel's 10th generation Core "Comet Lake-S" desktop processor series inches chose to its probable April 2020 launch. Along the way we get this fascinating leak of the company's Core i7-10700K desktop processor, which could become a go-to chip for gamers if its specifications and pricing hold up. Thai PC enthusiast TUM_APISAK revealed what could be a Futuremark SystemInfo screenshot of the i7-10700K which confirms its clock speeds - 3.80 GHz nominal, with an impressive 5.30 GHz Turbo Boost. Intel is probably tapping into the series' increased maximum TDP of 125 W to clock these chips high across the board.

The Core i7-10700K features 8 cores, and HyperThreading enables 16 threads. It also features 16 MB of shared L3 cache. In essence, this chip has the same muscle as the company's current mainstream desktop flagship, the i9-9900K, but demoted to the Core i7 brand extension. This could give it a sub-$400 price, letting it compete with the likes of AMD's Ryzen 7 3800X and possibly even triggering a price-cut on the 3900X. The i7-10700K in APISAK's screenshot is shown running on an ECS Z490H6-A2 motherboard, marking the company's return to premium Intel chipsets. ECS lacks Z390 or Z370 based motherboards in its lineup, and caps out at B360.
Source: TUM_APISAK (Twitter)
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273 Comments on Intel Core i7-10700K Features 5.30 GHz Turbo Boost

#226
Braggingrights
EarthDogI don't have an agenda.... ease off the hackles.
Says the guy using the crazy face and having a melty... I'll buy red (as I have in the past) when they are compelling, I don't find them that at the moment, yes you can make a value argument, but if it's based on that crappy wraith cooler then don't talk about heat and noise, and if you do then stop talking about value, can't have it both ways. And like it or not there are more instability stories about red than blue, for me that's critical... but hey maybe next gen if blue can't pull another rabbit out of the hat backporting Willow to 14nm
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#227
EarthDog
BraggingrightsSays the guy using the crazy face and having a melty... I'll buy red (as I have in the past) when they are compelling, I don't find them that at the moment, yes you can make a value argument, but if it's based on that crappy wraith cooler then don't talk about heat and noise, and if you do then stop talking about value, can't have it both ways. And like it or not there are more instability stories about red than blue, for me that's critical... but hey maybe next gen if blue can't pull another rabbit out of the hat backporting Willow to 14nm
It's based on whatever cooler you put on either. The point you may have missed is they use less power which can yield the same level of quiet or better. My personal exposure to both platforms yielded the same levels of stability, stock or overclocked. :)

Surely you have your reasons, but the ones listed dont have much when held up to the light.

Happy trails!
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#228
ARF
AMD's pricing is crazy. The difference between Ryzen 9 3900X and Ryzen 9 3950X is $248 for 4C/8T.
No one sells a quad-core performance for so much money :kookoo:
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#229
Caring1
ARFQuite good :eek: Suddenly AMD is no longer that competitive. Expect price cuts from AMD.

Core i9-10900K 10C/20T $488
Core i9-10900KF 10C/20T $472
Core i9-10900 10C/20T $439
Core i9-10900F 10C/20T $422
Core i9-10900T 10C/20T TBD
Core i7-10700K 8C/16T $374
Core i7-10700KF 8C/16T $349
Core i7-10700 8C/16T $323
Core i7-10700F 8C/16T $298
Core i7-10700T 8C/16T TBD
Core i5-10600K 6C/12T $262
Core i5-10600KF 6C/12T $237
Core i5-10600 6C/12T $213
Core i5-10600T 6C/12T TBD
Core i5-10500 6C/12T $192
Core i5-10500T 6C/12T TBD
Core i5-10400 6C/12T $182
Core i5-10400F 6C/12T $157
Core i3-10350K 4C/8T TBD
Core i3-10320 4C/8T $154
Core i3-10300 4C/8T $143
Core i3-10100 4C/8T $122
Core i3-10100T 4C/8T TBD
Pentium G6600 2C/4T $86
Pentium G6500 2C/4T $75
Pentium G6400 2C/4T $64
Pentium G6400T 2C/4T TBD
Celeron G5900 2C/2T $52
Celeron G5900T 2C/2T TBD


Ryzen 9 3950X 16C/32T $738
Ryzen 9 3900X 12C/24T $490
Ryzen 7 3800X 8C/16T $345 down from $400
Ryzen 7 3700X 8C/16T $299
Ryzen 5 3600X 6C/12T $205
Ryzen 5 3600 6C/12T $190
A direct price comparison is irrelevant without clockspeeds and TDP.
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#230
Braggingrights
EarthDogIt's based on whatever cooler you put on either. The point you may have missed is they use less power which can yield the same level of quiet or better. My personal exposure to both platforms yielded the same levels of stability, stock or overclocked. :)

Surely you have your reasons, but the ones listed dont have much when held up to the light.

Happy trails!
Oh the power, the power, I'll be able to run an extra lightbulb at night while I get thrashed in PUBG, if it doesn't randomly reboot of course. It's just not compelling, sorry if that isn't what you want to hear but it's not exactly like we are living in a golden age anyway... come back with me if you will to a time when giants roamed the earth, the mighty Penny 4 could only surprise if it didn't overclock 50% at stock voltage... or the bird, the majestic 1GHz T-Bird, the game changer, say what you will about numbers but those big round ones don't get any smaller... but here I am ranting on about Elvis and the Beatles and you live in the age of Justin Bieber, you have my condolences
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#231
EarthDog
What's your pubg/steam handle... I'll thrash you. Lol

I really dont know how to respond to the rest of that drivel though, sorry.

Nobody gives a hoot about power use when it comes to cost...the point was cooling and quiet...;)
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#232
Braggingrights
Caring1A direct price comparison is irrelevant without clockspeeds and TDP.
The whole TDP thing is just perspective, you don't dial back the power on the Large Hadron Collider because you are more worried about the electricity bill than finding the Higgs, I get it's important for some people but it's not across the board
EarthDogWhat's your pubg/steam handle... I'll thrash you. Lol

I really dont know how to respond to the rest of that drivel though, sorry.
Yeah I was worried it might not clear that pointy bit at the top ;)

As for PUBG you can always dream, I'm sure we'll meet one dank and darky
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#234
EarthDog
BraggingrightsAs for PUBG you can always dream, I'm sure we'll meet one dank and darky
I'm dank as F. :roll::pimp:

Carry me!
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#235
Braggingrights
EarthDogI'm dank as F. :roll::pimp:

Carry me!
I can see I'd have to carry you the whole game, Intel system will cure those random reboots ;)
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#236
ARF
It's bad timing to buy a PC. Zen 3 is coming in less than 6 months and will be the last compatible CPU for the old AM4 platform.

Those Pentiums and Celerons with 2 threads and 58-watt TDP are crazy. Poor people who would have them, tell everyone NOT to buy those :kookoo:
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#237
Braggingrights
ARFIt's bad timing to buy a PC. Zen 3 is coming in less than 6 months
In 6 months it'll be a bad time to buy a PC with Zen 4 coming ;)
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#238
ARF
BraggingrightsIn 6 months it'll be a bad time to buy a PC with Zen 4 coming ;)
Yes, I mean 2020 and 2021 till the Zen 4 launch is bad time for a new PC.
Rocket Lake not but whatever comes after it should be more interesting as well.
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#239
Braggingrights
ARFYes, I mean 2020 and 2021 till the Zen 4 launch is bad time for a new PC.
Rocket Lake not but whatever comes after it should be more interesting as well.
The Willow backport will make it interesting, 5.5Ghz plus?
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#240
ToxicTaZ
BraggingrightsIn 6 months it'll be a bad time to buy a PC with Zen 4 coming ;)
Keep and mind Zen 3 is end of the line for all AM4 socket boards!

Zen 4 is AM5 socket for only new system builders and not backwards compatibility with all AM4 socket boards!

At the same time as Intel also has another new socket too.... Intel H6 LGA 1700 socket with new architecture...Intel 12th gen 16 cores (Alder Lake) 10nm++

I personally am waiting for Intel 13th gen (Meteor Lake) 7nm+ on second generation H6 socket.

It's going to be battle of the Sockets very soon!
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#241
ARF
BraggingrightsThe Willow backport will make it interesting, 5.5Ghz plus?
Maybe not. Normally, IPC increase of 20% or so means lower frequencies, not higher frequencies.
ToxicTaZKeep and mind Zen 3 is end of the line for all AM4 socket boards!

Zen 4 is AM5 socket for only new system builders and not backwards compatibility with all AM4 socket boards!

At the same time as Intel also has another new socket too.... Intel H6 LGA 1700 socket with new architecture...Intel 12th gen 16 cores (Alder Lake) 10nm++

I personally am waiting for Intel 13th gen (Meteor Lake) 7nm+ on second generation H6 socket.

It's going to be battle of the Sockets very soon!
13th generation? I think they should start from 1st generation once BIG.little approach is implemented.
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#242
Vayra86
BraggingrightsHit a nerve did I speccy :laugh:
Nah just trying to prevent you from looking silly :) Failed miserably, too :)
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#243
Braggingrights
Vayra86Failed miserably, too :)
I'm sure you're used to it ;)
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#244
Chrispy_
ARFAMD's pricing is crazy. The difference between Ryzen 9 3900X and Ryzen 9 3950X is $248 for 4C/8T.
No one sells a quad-core performance for so much money :kookoo:
Hillarious! You're mocking AMD for something that you just showed Intel do, at a core count Intel can't even offer.

You've just earned another fanboy certificate, well done!

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#245
ARF
The difference between 10-core Core i9-9900F and 6-core Core i5-10600K is $160

AND

we don't know if they actually use the same die - I bet NO!

Also, Ryzen 9 3900X is just a salvage part of Ryzen 9 3950X. Everything is the same, except the binning and maybe artificially disabled CCX...
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#246
Vayra86
ARFEverything is the same, except the binning and maybe artificially disabled CCX...
Yes, this is how product stacks are formed out of a single chip, and it happens everywhere... Its the whole reason AMD can do what it does now.

Also... what sort of weird comparison is this? per core price? We don't do this when we count GPU shaders either, do we? We know the upper end has a markup bigger than its relative performance.

If you want to compare core counts by price gap, you also have to take into account the relative number of cores of the low end compared to top end. After all, if you have more total cores to spread your cost difference across, you'd expect a different pricing structure too.

So really, until Intel and AMD sell like-for-like cores AND core counts across the whole stack, you can't just put dollars side by side and say one is better or worse than the other.
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#247
Chrispy_
ARFThe difference between 10-core Core i9-9900F and 6-core Core i5-10600K is $160

AND

we don't know if they actually use the same die - I bet NO!

Also, Ryzen 9 3900X is just a salvage part of Ryzen 9 3950X. Everything is the same, except the binning and maybe artificially disabled CCX...
There we go again, proving your Intel BIAS once more.

Why are you comparing an F to a K all of a sudden? Is it because in a fair comparison your argument falls apart? I think it is.
/sigh
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#248
EarthDog
Vayra86Yes, this is how product stacks are formed out of a single chip, and it happens everywhere... Its the whole reason AMD can do what it does now.

Also... what sort of weird comparison is this? per core price? We don't do this when we count GPU shaders either, do we? We know the upper end has a markup bigger than its relative performance.

If you want to compare core counts by price gap, you also have to take into account the relative number of cores of the low end compared to top end. After all, if you have more total cores to spread your cost difference across, you'd expect a different pricing structure too.

So really, until Intel and AMD sell like-for-like cores AND core counts across the whole stack, you can't just put dollars side by side and say one is better or worse than the other.
Thanks isnt enough... QFT!!

....who cares about gaps between core/thread count? Lol


This may be the first time Alf has been called an Intel fanboy...lol
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#249
ARF
Chrispy_Why are you comparing an F to a K all of a sudden?
AMD has only a single 12-core and a single 16-core SKU. This is a gigantic problem which they must address.
Intel has much more diverse lineup.
This is fact and I'm not fanboy of Intel - I agree that their product lineup creation is better.
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#250
Vayra86
EarthDogThanks isnt enough... QFT!!

....who cares about gaps between core/thread count? Lol


This may be the first time Alf has been called an Intel fanboy...lol
I guess we should chalk that up to these lockdown measures. No. I hope so.
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