Core i9
Sometimes choosing a CPU is hard. So we've got you covered. In our CPU Guides, we give you our pick of some of the best processors available, supplying data from our reviews. Our Best CPUs for Workstations guide mostly covers workstation processors available to consumers, although some server products cover both segments. As we have moved through 2020, there comes a time when the high-end desktop market slows down a bit and everyone can sit on some new hardware for a while, knowing that they have the best for their money. We’re now past the release of AMD’s Third Generation Threadripper processors and Intel’s Cascade Lake-X hardware, with no update cycle for either platform on the 6 month horizon at a minimum: we are now...
Intel to Discontinue Core i9-9900K Special Dodecahedron Packaging
One of the interesting elements of this profession is dealing with how the processor companies have changed their attitudes towards marketing their products over the past couple of decades...
41 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 5/30/2020
ZOTAC’s UCFF Zbox Magnus EN92080V: Up to 8-Core i9 and RTX 2080
ZOTAC introduced its upcoming high performance ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) gaming machine that promises to offer performance of a high-end gaming laptop. The Zbox Magnus EN92080V packs an Intel eight-core...
15 by Anton Shilov on 1/21/2020
It’s a Cascade of 14nm CPUs: AnandTech’s Intel Core i9-10980XE Review
The most profitable process node in the history of Intel has been its 14nm process. Since 2014, the company has been pumping out CPUs built on a variety of...
79 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 11/25/2019
The Intel Core i9-9900KS Review: The 5 GHz Consumer Special
Intel likes 5.0 GHz processors. The one area where it claims a clear advantage over AMD is in its ability to drive the frequency of its popular 14nm process...
236 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 10/31/2019
The Intel Core i9-9990XE Review: All 14 Cores at 5.0 GHz
Within a few weeks, Intel is set to launch its most daring consumer desktop processor yet: the Core i9-9900KS, which offers eight cores all running at 5.0 GHz. There’s...
145 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 10/28/2019
Intel Launches Cascade Lake-X Processors: 18-core Review Later Today
Earlier in October, Intel announced that it would be launching its next generation high-end desktop processors in November. That day has come, and Intel expects its hardware to be...
41 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 10/25/2019
Intel’s Next-Generation ‘Cascade Lake-X’ HEDT CPUs Due in October
Intel said Wednesday that its next-generation codenamed Cascade Lake-X processors for high-end desktops will be revealed next month. The company says that the new CPUs will provide a significant...
65 by Anton Shilov on 9/4/2019
Intel Publishes Plans to Wind Down Shipments of 7th Gen Core "Skylake-X" HEDT Processors
With Intel’s announcement this week that they will be releasing a new generation of Core X-series high-end desktop (HEDT) processors this fall, the company has also begun working on...
3 by Anton Shilov on 5/31/2019
Intel to Launch New X-Series CPUs this Fall
Today at the Intel Keynote at Computex, SVP and GM Gregory Bryant announced that Intel is set to bring new X-Series CPUs to the high-end desktop (HEDT) market during...
37 by Ian Cutress on 5/28/2019
Intel 9th Gen Core Processors: All the Desktop and Mobile 45W CPUs Announced
How Intel has launched its range of ninth generation processors has been an odd and awkward one. Despite the launch of the 8-core 9900K last year, we still haven’t...
134 by Ian Cutress on 4/23/2019
Intel 9th Generation 8-Core 35W CPUs: Launch May 15th (Kikatek)
It is always quite amusing when retailers pre-announce products before the company actually pushes out a press release. Embargo or not, the retailers want to advertise the fact they...
19 by Ian Cutress on 4/15/2019
Intel’s ‘Auction-Only’ Core i9-9990XE Available in Retail: €2999
When Intel quietly rolled out its 14-core Core i9-9990XE aimed at extreme desktops earlier this year, the company only planned to sell the CPU to system integrators and only...
8 by Anton Shilov on 4/11/2019
Playing Chicken: Kentucky Fried Intel Core i9-9900KFC Processor Listed
If every letter has a special meaning for a feature in a product, and a product portfolio offers a mix and match of those features, then eventually a combination...
32 by Ian Cutress on 2/15/2019
Intel Core i9-9990XE : Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only
AnandTech has seen documents and supporting information from multiple sources that show that Intel is planning to release a new high-end desktop processor, the Core i9-9990XE. These documents show...
66 by Ian Cutress on 1/14/2019
Intel’s New 9th Gen Desktop CPUs: i3-9350KF, i5-9400F, i5-9400, i5-9600KF, i7-9700KF, i9-9900KF
At Intel’s keynote presentation today, the company announced that it would be expanding its current line of 9th Generation desktop processors, to include new models from Core i3 up...
25 by Ian Cutress on 1/7/2019
Analyzing Core i9-9900K Performance with Spectre and Meltdown Hardware Mitigations
One of the key aspects of the most recent Intel processor launch, its Core 9th Generation processors, is that the new design affords some hardware-based protection for a couple...
34 by Ian Cutress on 12/3/2018
The Intel Core i9-9900K at 95W: Fixing The Power for SFF
There is a lot of discussion about processor power recently. A lot of the issues stem around what exactly that TDP rating means on the box, and if it...
101 by Ian Cutress on 11/29/2018
The Intel Core i9-9980XE CPU Review: Refresh Until it Hertz
It has been over a year since Intel launched its Skylake-X processors and Basin Falls platform, with a handful of processors from six-core up to eighteen-core. In that time...
145 by Ian Cutress on 11/13/2018
Intel's Basin Falls Skylake-X Refresh: Core i9-9980XE with up to 15% Better Power Efficiency
One of the interesting things about Intel’s latest generation of high-end desktop parts was the jump from ten cores at the peak to eighteen, as Intel moved its high...
31 by Ian Cutress on 10/8/2018
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