{"id":351001,"date":"2020-05-07T09:57:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T07:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=351001"},"modified":"2020-05-07T13:14:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T11:14:46","slug":"how-intels-fastest-gaming-processor-stacks-up-against-amd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/351001-how-intels-fastest-gaming-processor-stacks-up-against-amd.html","title":{"rendered":"How Intel’s fastest gaming processor stacks up against AMD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Intel’s new Core i9-10900K boasts impressive overclocking capabilities, according to a report from Video Cardz<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen if this feature will play a role in taking on AMD’s top desktop processors, however.<\/p>\n

Intel officially announced<\/strong><\/a> its latest generation of Comet Lake-S desktop processors last week.<\/p>\n

The range is headlined by the i9-10900K, which the company has called the fastest gaming processor in the world.<\/p>\n

The fully-unlocked CPU boasts 10 physical cores, 20 threads, a base clock speed of 3.7GHz, and a boost clock of up to 5.3GHz.<\/p>\n

It was manufactured using a 14nm process and comes with a thermal design power (TDP) of 125W, a substantial increase over the 95W of the previous generation’s i9-9900K.<\/p>\n

Benchmark result<\/h3>\n

Intel has embargoed reviews of the i9-10900K until 20 May, but this has not stopped those who have managed to get their hands on the processor from testing it.<\/p>\n

Video Cardz spotted a post on Baidu forums which purportedly showed the processor running on a system with an ASRock Phantom Gaming 4\/AX motherboard and G.Skill DDR4-3200MHz CL14 RAM.<\/p>\n

The user managed to overclock all cores to 5.4GHz, reaching 100MHz higher than the stock-rated boost speed, and 1,700MHz faster than its base clock speed.<\/p>\n

At this frequency, it achieved a Cinebench R15 multi-core score of 3,002.<\/p>\n

The original post<\/strong><\/a> has since been removed from Baidu.<\/p>\n

The image below from Video Cardz shows CPU-Z screenshots of the processor’s overclocked specifications and results of the Cinebench R15 multi-core test.<\/p>\n

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AMD has the advantage<\/h3>\n

Intel is up for tough competition from AMD in 2020.<\/p>\n

AMD’s top desktop processor for mainstream users – the Ryzen 9 3950X<\/strong><\/a> – has shown superior scores in several multi-core benchmarks.<\/p>\n

Despite having lower boost and base clock speeds than Intel’s entry, it boasts 6 additional cores and 12 more threads, as well as a larger cache.<\/p>\n

VideoCardz previously shared<\/strong><\/a> Cinebench R15 benchmark results which found that the 10900K comes out on top in terms of single-core performance, but by a small margin of 4.2%.<\/p>\n

In multi-core testing, the 3950X posted a more substantial 48.5% increase in performance.<\/p>\n

Even in its overclocked state, the Intel Core i9-10900K’s score of 3,002 is significantly less than the 3950X’s non-overclocked 3,932.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that users will have to pay a significant premium for this additional performance.<\/p>\n

The Intel Core i9-10900K is priced at $488, while the 3950X will set buyers back $749.<\/p>\n

Now read: Intel NUC 9 Extreme \u2013 Tiny and powerful gaming PC<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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