The Intel Comet Lake Core i9-10900K, i7-10700K, i5-10600K CPU Review: Skylake We Go Again
by Dr. Ian Cutress on May 20, 2020 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- Intel
- Skylake
- 14nm
- Z490
- 10th Gen Core
- Comet Lake
CPU Performance: SPEC 1T
A popular industry standard comparison tool between processors are the range of SPEC benchmarks. We use SPEC2006 and SPEC2017 in our major microarchitecture analysis pieces as a way to determine where certain processors might be bottlenecked given a particular microprocessor design decision. For the purposes of this review, we are looking at the aggregate results between some of the other processors we have tested, given that this benchmark has only recently rolled into our regular suite.
All the sub-tests for our SPEC runs are provided in our benchmark database, Bench.
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yeeeeman - Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - link
The CPU won't consume nowhere near 250w during gaming. 250w is valid only for short all core scenarios. Otherwise it will stay in its 130w tdp. Go and read other reviews and you will see I am right.yankeeDDL - Thursday, May 21, 2020 - link
According to this (https://images.anandtech.com/doci/15785/10900K%20y... it stays at 230W for almost 4min.In any case, you can read my sentence again and use 130W instead of 250W, and it does nt change anything.
arashi - Saturday, May 23, 2020 - link
You can't blame him, he's on Intel payroll and has to act the idiot.dirkdigles - Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - link
Ian, I think the pricing on the charts is a bit misleading. The $488 price for the 10900K is the 1000-unit bulk pricing, and the $499 price on the 3900X hasn't been seen since January 2020... it's currently $409 on Amazon. This would skew the ability for the reader to make comparison.I know MSRP is a good metric, but street price is more important. What can I buy these chips for, today? If I'm a consumer, I likely can't get that $488 bulk per chip price for the 10900K, and the 3900X is not going to cost me anywhere near $409. Please update.
dirkdigles - Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - link
*anywhere near $499. Typo.WaltC - Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - link
Yes, I paid ~$409 for my 3900X, and on top of that AMZN offered me 6-months, same-as-cash, which I was more than happy to accept...;) Good times!AnarchoPrimitiv - Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - link
Exactly, the 3900x is over $100 cheaper and is nowhere "around the same price"yeeeeman - Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - link
Well Intel has the 10900f at 400$. Locked with no igpu. almost same frequencies. That is a better buy than the 10900kSpunjji - Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - link
Right - the 10900F is likely a better deal, but the comparison was with the 10900K.Irata - Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - link
Waiting for comments on how the two small fans on the mainboard make this an unacceptable option. If I remember correctly, that applied to X570 boards.