Intel to Heat Things Up with 10-Core i9-10900K, a Comet-Lake S CPU with 5.1 GHz Turbo Clock

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One of Intel’s flagship Comet Lake-S CPUs have been spotted in a new 3DMark entry. According to the result, the 10C/20T Core i9-10900K will flaunt a stock core clock of 3.7 GHz and turbo clock of 5.1 GHz. No TDP is listed, but the housefire jokes have already begun.



And finally i9-10900K 10C/20T 3.7GHz base 5.1GHz boost pic.twitter.com/Bcb3Ez2fWR— _rogame (@_rogame) January 31, 2020



These processors are said to boast Intel’s Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 and Thermal Velocity Boost features. The former improves...

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[northrop]

And here I thought Turbo downclocks your system

 

[Dan_D]

Heat things up is right...........

 

[Grimlakin]

new chipset, new power mosfet requirements, and still PCIE 3.x. Thanks Intel.

 

[noko]

Well at least Intel will be able to brag about game performance with settings/cards/configurations/costs that no one in their right mind would even consider or do. Another chipset??? Good grief, I am still mad at being so limited on my Z270 motherboard with CPU choices. AMD is just way more exciting, way more versatile options that gives you way more options years afterwards.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

new chipset, new power mosfet requirements, and still PCIE 3.x. Thanks Intel.

At this rate the rumors about them skipping 4.0 and going straight to 5.0 might pan out.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

AMD is just way more exciting, way more versatile options that gives you way more options years afterwards.

I know I love my new 3700x/570 build.