Intel Core i9-10850K Review - Just as Good as the i9-10900K

Name: Intel Core i9-10850K
Brand: Intel
Price: 450 USD

on Aug 27th, 2020,

in Processors.

Manufacturer: Intel

Test Setup

All applications, games, and processors are tested with the drivers and hardware listed below—no performance results were recycled between test systems.
All games and applications are tested using the same version.
All games are set to their highest quality setting unless indicated otherwise.

Test System "Comet Lake"
Processor:	All Intel 10th Generation processors
Motherboard:	ASUS Z490 Maximus XII Extreme Intel Z490, BIOS 0508
Memory:	2x 8 GB G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 DDR4-3200 14-14-14-34 DDR4-2666 Test at 16-16-16-36
Graphics:	EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti FTW3 Ultra
Storage:	1 TB SSD
Cooling:	Noctua NH-U14S Zadak Spark 240 mm AIO
Power Supply:	Seasonic SS-860XP
Software:	Windows 10 Professional 64-bit Version 1903 (May 2019 Update)
Drivers:	NVIDIA GeForce 430.63 WHQL AMD Chipset 1.07.07.0725

Test System "Zen 2"
Processor:	All AMD Ryzen 3000
Motherboard:	ASRock X570 Taichi AMD X570, BIOS v2.80 AGESA 1.0.0.4B
Memory:	2x 8 GB G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 DDR4-3200 14-14-14-34
All other specs same as above

Test System "Coffee Lake"
Processor:	All Intel 8th & 9th Generation processors
Motherboard:	Core i9-9900KS: ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming X All other Coffee Lake: ASUS Z390 Maximus XI Extreme Intel Z390
Memory:	2x 8 GB G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 DDR4-3200 14-14-14-34
All other specs same as above

Test System "Zen"
Processor:	All AMD Ryzen 2000, Ryzen 2000G and Ryzen 1000
Motherboard:	MSI X470 Gaming M7 AC AMD X470, BIOS 7B77v19O
Memory:	2x 8 GB G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 DDR4-3200 14-14-14-34
All other specs same as above

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