First Core i9-10900K Review Pits Intel’s Flagship Processor Against AMD’s Ryzen 9 3900X and 3950X

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The embargo for Comet Lake-S hasn’t lifted yet, but China’s TecLab (via VideoCardz) has gone ahead and published the world’s first review of Intel’s latest flagship processor, the Core i9-10900K. As some of you might have suspected, the 10C/20T chip is largely outclassed in the multi-threaded arena by AMD’s own flagships, the Ryzen 9 3900X and 3950X, which offer two and six more cores, respectively. Intel’s Core i9-10900K does manage to put up a decent fight for gaming and lighter-threaded tasks, however...
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David_Schroth said:
The pricing there doesn't seem to jive with this earlier leak....
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Early-adopter tax, perhaps. I got the pricing from B&H.

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Intel Core i9-10900K 3.7 GHz Ten-Core LGA 1200 Processor

Buy Intel Core i9-10900K 3.7 GHz Ten-Core LGA 1200 Processor featuring 10 Cores & 20 Threads, 3.7 GHz Clock Speed, 5.3 GHz Maximum Turbo Frequency, LGA 1200 Socket, 20MB Cache Memory, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dual-Channel DDR4-2933 Memory, Supports Intel Optane Memory, 10th Generation (Comet...
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...I think I'll just pull the price from the title, since I'm seeing various prices...Newegg has it listed for $529...

Are you a human?

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That wattage is too **** high.
I mean I get its a fast part in gaming but I just feel smarter getting more cores at less wattage for a cheaper price mind you (3900x).
I do get this for like an EXTREME gaming system but for me personally I would rather a more well rounded EXTREME system.
 
In my testing of the 10900K the total system pulled 305w (GPU idle) and 200w package power. The Ryzen 9 3950X pulled 381w or something like that, and I don't recall what the package power was or if it showed that. AIDA64 shows less information for AMD CPU's in that area. I haven't tried HWInfo on it. In any case, the 3950X certainly pulls even more power when going all out on a manual overclock of 4.3GHz. However, you get a lot more cores and threads for that. Thus, a lot more performance for the power cost.
 
I thought for a results comparison that they were good processors. Each has benefits that place it in a specific segment.

I will say that since I have the 3900x I'm looking to do streaming more and more. I just don't think a bear of a fat man streaming with Man Cleavage would get that many subscribers. ;)
 
Dan_D said:
In my testing of the 10900K the total system pulled 305w (GPU idle) and 200w package power. The Ryzen 9 3950X pulled 381w or something like that, and I don't recall what the package power was or if it showed that. AIDA64 shows less information for AMD CPU's in that area. I haven't tried HWInfo on it. In any case, the 3950X certainly pulls even more power when going all out on a manual overclock of 4.3GHz. However, you get a lot more cores and threads for that. Thus, a lot more performance for the power cost.
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Yeah its power efficient Hence my point. Also Overclocked the 10900k can pull serious wattage as well. but with 6 less cores it still pulling more wattage. Its fine to give Intel some **** for the wattage, not like AMD didnt get it for years too.
 
{NG}Fidel said:
Yeah its power efficient Hence my point. Also Overclocked the 10900k can pull serious wattage as well. but with 6 less cores it still pulling more wattage. Its fine to give Intel some **** for the wattage, not like AMD didnt get it for years too.
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Its worth noting that at 14nm, the power curve gets considerably worse as you add cores. The Core i9-10980XE is horrendous as you increase the clock speeds. It can pull more than a lot of entire systems all by itself.
 
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