Monday, May 18th 2020
Comprehensive Core i9-10900K Review Leaked: Suggests Intel Option Formidable
A comprehensive review of the Intel Core i9-10900K 10-core/20-thread processor by Chinese tech publication TecLab leaked to the web on video sharing site bilibili. Its testing data reveals that Intel has a fighting chance against the Ryzen 9 3900X both in gaming- and non-gaming tasks despite a deficit of 2 cores; whereas the much pricier Ryzen 9 3950X only enjoys leads in multi-threaded synthetic- or productivity benchmarks.
Much of Intel's performance leads are attributed to a fairly high core-count, significantly higher clock speeds than the AMD chips, and improved boosting algorithms, such as Thermal Velocity Boost helping the chip out in gaming tests. Where Intel loses hard to AMD is power-draw and energy-efficiency. TecLab tested the three chips with comparable memory- and identical graphics setups.
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The games above are Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Metro: Exodus, and Tomb Raider.
Find the video presentation (in Chinese language) here.
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TecLab (bilibili)
Much of Intel's performance leads are attributed to a fairly high core-count, significantly higher clock speeds than the AMD chips, and improved boosting algorithms, such as Thermal Velocity Boost helping the chip out in gaming tests. Where Intel loses hard to AMD is power-draw and energy-efficiency. TecLab tested the three chips with comparable memory- and identical graphics setups.
Find the video presentation (in Chinese language) here.
159 Comments on Comprehensive Core i9-10900K Review Leaked: Suggests Intel Option Formidable
Nothing much is news-worthy in this news.
Also @btarunr there is a spelling mistake; "change" should be "chance".
Edit - arent the games shown in the screenshots, the ones that usually favour clock speed/Intel CPU's any way?
Where were the news posts declaring Ryzens as the same ,when intel were not formidable.
The intel chip is faster for my needs, but not fast enough to warrent the price hike and power consumption / heat hike either.
Generally, intel would need to be out pacing AMD something like 50% to even get me to consider it because AMD gives us such a great package at a great price, this is the difference intel, i think it would be nice if you know.. could learn?
cant wait for the 11900K or 20900K that has 12 cores and boosts to 5.5ghz that we can call once again "formiddable" while ignoring the rediculous power consumption and heat.
I want side by side comparisons from benchmarks and measured power draw, like the OP. Not sure how legit this one is tho.The next one is supposed to be the biggest improvement since 2015, so maybe it has a chance to be not as hot as Comet Lake. :D Still 14 nm tho..
On the other hand, the average consumer who will buy an AMD CPU, will put a mid range water/air cooler on it and probably see results close to these numbers.
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I don't think these chinese benchmarks are very... accurate.
Also let's be a little logical here and don't expect the other person to explain the obvious. When I am saying about average consumer, I am not talking about the whole market, from Celerons to Threadrippers, I am talking about those who will buy that CPU. Maybe I should say "the average buyer of that CPU", but even then you could argue that the average buyer of that CPU has a masters degree in CPU cooling, overclocking, memory optimizations....
You also moved the goal posts making your whole statement very illogical in the end.
I have learned not to argue with people who post half a line of "true facts".
If your work applications can truly benefit from 20threads to get work completed quickly and you wish to take advantage of Intel's lower memory ddr4 latency values - there's always the option to pick up a 10900K selectively binned by one of the aftermarket sellers. Yea, it costs more for the higher performing bins, but if it's your work computer - there's an obvious Return on Investment if the CPU increases your ability to produce quickly.
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I'd wait for Rocket Lake's improved ST performance later this year, but then only 8cores 16threads to work with. :oops:
So the decision is better made by your work applications need for clock speed vs number of threads, which is always the case when selecting a work CPU from Intel or AMD.
I don't know why I am so happy to see Intel having a hard time against AMD Ryzen to take the performance crown.