Intel Pushes the Panic Button with Core i9-9900KS

[btarunr]

With 7 nm AMD Ryzen 3000 processor family expected to make landfall early-July, and "Ice Lake" nowhere in sight, a panicked Intel announced the development of the Core i9-9900KS 8-core/16-thread LGA1151 processor. Based on the 14 nm "Coffee Lake Refresh" silicon, this processor has a base-frequency of 4.00 GHz, up from 3.60 GHz of the original; and an all-core Turbo Boost frequency of 5.00 GHz, identical to the original i9-9900K, which has its max-turbo set at 5.00 GHZ, too. A revamped Turbo Boost algorithm is expected to yield significant gains in multi-core performance. The company didn't reveal TDP, pricing, or availability.



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[Space Lynx]

Nah, if they were pushing the panic button they would lower prices.

 

[R-T-B]

Nah, if they were pushing the panic button they would lower prices.

Pretty much. That, and words like "panic" bug me because they pander to sensationalism rather than good journalism (outside of editorials anyhow). But meh, the modern web has lower standards I think.

As I recently told w1zzard, it bugs me, but I totally get why he has editors doing it. Adapt or die, as they say.

 

[R0H1T]

Intel doesn't lower prices, the last time they did was just around the time Dell & others were getting dollar bill kickbacks!

What they do is kill the SKU instead.

 

[Wavetrex]

12c vs 8c and slightly higher IPC, there's just no competition.
They can push clocks to the moon, it will still lose.

GG Intel.

 

[randomUser]

They are most likely buying back their CPU binned for 5GHz by siliconlottery and reselling it worldwide instead of just USA.

Surely 5GHz all core out of the box very nice. My 9900k can't handle 5GHz even at 1.36vCore.

 

[Zubasa]

12c vs 8c and slightly higher IPC, there's just no competition.
They can push clocks to the moon, it will still lose.

GG Intel.

Doesn't matter, there will still me plenty of people who insist Intel is more stable or more security etc.
FYI Intel is still milking record profits.
This chip is not even a penny cheaper.

 

[GoldenX]

Nah, if they were pushing the panic button they would lower prices.

*gasp* How could you say that!

 

[Wavetrex]

FYI Intel is still milking record profits.

They can milk all they want I couldn't care less.

What's important is that soon there will be a real option.
1800X and 2700X were good, but as Lisa Su said, it wasn't good enough, they still lost the mainstream performance competition.

And as a personal note , going from 6c to 8c wasn't a good enough option for me. Now with 12, the story changes. And at that price it's a no brainer !
(Yes I know there's HEDT etc. with 10+, but way too expensive overall).

 

[dicktracy]

A slight clock bump on the same product is hardly a panic... and for Intel users, Zen 2 would be a side-grade at best for gaming. I'm still sitting here waiting for something to blow away those ancient Skylake cores out of the water but Zen 2 doesn't look like that candidate and desktop Ice Lake is delayed LMAO. All in all, there is still no big performance leap for CPUs in 2019.

 

[R0H1T]

Don't expect anything major from ICL either, the next 10% "IPC" lift from Intel will be due to the patched KBL, CFL systems vs hardware mitigation on ICL or TGL.

 

[chaosmassive]

Nah, if they were pushing the panic button they would lower prices.

lowering price is sign of weakness, lack of confidence in their product, and its the last thing they want to do

 

[lexluthermiester]

I'm going to have to agree with the above comments, this is not Intel pressing the "panic" button. This is them recognizing AMD has something good that will give them solid competition and responding with a bit of a sweet CPU. It would be sweeter to reduce the pricing as well..

lowering price is sign of weakness, lack of confidence in their product, and its the last thing they want to do

No, it would be simply acknowledging solid competition.

 

[Nkd]

lol 200w tdp? Intel already runs around their TDP number, which is only the base clock. I think 9900k standard runs way above its rated TDP on all core turbo. I am sure fanboys will just hide behind their fantasy TDP number lol. Ryzen 9 3900x is day one purchase for me! Sold my 9900k in anticipation few weeks ago.

 

[cucker tarlson]

They're selling a higher sku for a higher price.Tell me when there's something interesting e.g. an actual price cut.
Btw this news editor is pretty clickbaity I noticed.

 

[Nkd]

A slight clock bump on the same product is hardly a panic... and for Intel users, Zen 2 would be a side-grade at best for gaming. I'm still sitting here waiting for something to blow away those ancient Skylake cores out of the water but Zen 2 doesn't look like that candidate and desktop Ice Lake is delayed LMAO. All in all, there is still no big performance leap for CPUs in 2019.

really? 12 core at less power to match IPC and kick ass in productivity is not enough? While AMD brings you more core 15% IPC lift in 2 years, dont tell me you think that is nothing while intel sat on its ass. Zen 2 doesnt look like a candidate to you? Yea 4 more cores than competition for same price is nothing I guess. Atleast thank AMD for bringing some competition and giving intel a run

12c vs 8c and slightly higher IPC, there's just no competition.
They can push clocks to the moon, it will still lose.

GG Intel.

pentium 4

 

[champsilva]

Explain me how a company who is setting record after records, keeping the price sky rocking is pushing the panic button?

imo, intel should set $380 for 9900K, would be a better deal than 9900KS.

 

[lexluthermiester]

lol 200w tdp?

That is an assumption and not a great one. Far more likely to be sub-150W TDP.

 

[cucker tarlson]

lol 200w tdp? Intel already runs around their TDP number, which is only the base clock. I think 9900k standard runs way above its rated TDP on all core turbo. I am sure fanboys will just hide behind their fantasy TDP number lol. Ryzen 9 3900x is day one purchase for me! Sold my 9900k in anticipation few weeks ago.

65w 2700 draws 50w idle,80w single threaded and 140w multithreaded.that's 2.15x of what's advertised.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Ryzen 9 3900x is day one purchase for me! Sold my 9900k in anticipation few weeks ago.

Ok, that's just silly. You sold a solid performer for a CPU that is an unknown performer? Granted we all know it's going to be competitive, but how do you know that you didn't loose out? Risky gamble IMO.

 

[Mussels]

The TDP on this vs the 65W 3700x should be hilariously bad

 

[lexluthermiester]

The TDP on this vs the 65W 3700x should be hilariously bad

True. Even with an OC the 3700X should run cooler.

 

[R0H1T]

65w 2700 draws 50w idle,80w single threaded and 140w multithreaded.that's 2.15x of what's advertised.

140W for just the CPU, non AVX workload? I'm sure you have the data for that

 

[cucker tarlson]

140W for just the CPU, non AVX workload? I'm sure you have the data for that

Tpu review
9900k and 2700x have three same power draw except for single threaded where 9900k draws noticeably less

 

[Xzibit]

the Core i9-9900K gets super hot faced with Prime95 and AVX instructions (205W stock, 250W overclocked), exceeding the specified TDP.

We measured 137W (232W) during the Cinebench test, and we topped 145W (241W overclocked) under the larger Blender workload. We even pushed past 120W (198W overclocked) with various CAD plug-ins for Creo and SolidWorks.