Intel's entire 10th Generation Desktop family, codenamed Comet Lake-S, has leaked out, detailing the various unlocked and locked SKUs that will be featured in the next-generation 2020 family. The 10th Generation Comet Lake-S family has seen various leaks recently but Informatica Cero got hold of the entire specifications deck which lets us know what to expect from the upcoming lineup.
Intel 10th Gen Comet Lake-S Desktop CPU Family Full Specs Confirmed - Core i9-10900K Flagship With 10 Cores, 5.3 GHz Velocity Boost
Just like the previous two leaks that we covered here and here, the latest one talks about the specs but in more detail, letting us know what Intel is really cooking up with their 6th 14nm iteration and the fifth installment of the Skylake core architecture, albeit refined in certain ways to help Intel stay competitive with AMD's current Ryzen lineup.
Starting with the details, there seem to be 11 initial Core SKUs that will be offered to the masses. The Xeon, Pentium and Celeron chips are also missing from this list but let's just focus on the chips that have been detailed in the slides. There are three unlocked SKUs with 125W TDP and eight 65W TDP CPUs.
The full specifications of Intel's 10th Generation Comet Lake-S Desktop CPU family have leaked out. (Image Credits: Informatica Cero)
Intel 10th Gen Comet Lake-S Unlocked 125W Desktop CPU Family
There are three SKUs in the unlocked lineup which is one less than what we were told. There's the flagship Core i9-10900K which is followed by the Core i7-10700K and the Core i5-10600K. The Core i3 variant is missing but it's such a crucial SKU that would be targetting a very competitive market and it would be a bad decision for Intel to not launch an unlocked quad-core part in the budget tier segment.
Intel Core i9-10900K - 10 Cores, Up To 5.3 GHz Single-Core, 4.9 GHz All-Core
The Intel Core i9-10900K will be the flagship part of the 10th Generation Desktop CPU family. Intel has a few tricks up their sleeves to offer even better performance than the Core i9-9900KS. The i9-10900K features 10 cores, 20 threads a total cache of 20 MB and a 125W TDP. The chip has a base frequency of 3.7 GHz and a boost frequency of 5.1 GHz. However, using Intel's Turbo Boost Max 3.0 technology, the chip can boost up to 5.2 GHz on a single-core and what's even better is the 4.9 GHz all-core boost. Some of the features of this particular chip, as detailed by Videocardz, include:
- Up to 4.8 GHz All-Core Turbo
- Up to 5.3 / 4.0 GHz Thermal Velocity Boost Singe / All-core Turbo
- Up to 5.2 GHz Intel Turbo Boost Max 3.0
- Up to 10C and 20T
- Up to DDR4-2933 MHz dual-channel
- Enhanced Core & Memory Overclocking
- Active Core Group Tuning
Here's the interesting part, the chip would also get Thermal Velocity Boost, similar to the current flagship parts. CPUs that support this algorithm, like the Core i9-10900K, would feature even faster boost frequencies of 5.3 GHz (single-core) and 4.9 GHz (all-core). However, as the name suggests, only top-tier cooling solutions would be able to allow full utilization of the Thermal Velocity Boost feature. So unless you rock a high-end AIO liquid cooler or a closed loop setup, don't expect a sustained velocity boost but rather short bursts until the treshold is hit. It will be interesting to know the full extent of the features that this function has to offer and what kind of cooling would the Core i9-10900K requires in general.
Intel Core i7-10700K - 8 Cores, Up To 5.1 GHz Single-Core, 4.7 GHz All-Core
The Intel Core i7-10700K would be featuring 8 cores and 16 threads. The chip would house 16 MB of total cache and a TDP of 125W. The chip would feature a base clock of 3.8 GHz, a boost clock of 5.0 GHz (single-core) and 5.1 GHz (single-core) with Turbo Boost Max 3.0. The chip will be 100 MHz faster in single-core but slower across all-cores by 100 MHz than the Core i9-9900K which retails for over $500 US. Since this is an i7 part, expect pricing to fall around $350-$400 US.
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