Intel Core i9-10900K CPU Review & Benchmarks: Gaming, Overclocking vs. AMD Ryzen 3900X & More
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Date: 2020-05-20
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Steven
i built a 9900k system for video production use last week knowing this was coming. i stand by the decision to do that given your comments about bios issues. launch day hardware for a system that makes you money is almost always a terrible idea. i would be interested in knowing how the 9900K and 10900K compare in premiere with hardware encoding /decoding enabled for the IGPU as CPU load for me is showing 20% and IGPU at 80% while cutting together a few files and transcoding/exporting to h264. which would lead me to believe any advantage would be IGPU based rather than core based until you start throwing cpu or cuda based effects/layers at the projects but that's adding a bunch of variables and going to vary project to project.
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i built a 9900k system for video production use last week knowing this was coming. i stand by the decision to do that given your comments about bios issues. launch day hardware for a system that makes you money is almost always a terrible idea. i would be interested in knowing how the 9900K and 10900K compare in premiere with hardware encoding /decoding enabled for the IGPU as CPU load for me is showing 20% and IGPU at 80% while cutting together a few files and transcoding/exporting to h264. which would lead me to believe any advantage would be IGPU based rather than core based until you start throwing cpu or cuda based effects/layers at the projects but that's adding a bunch of variables and going to vary project to project.
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VorpalGun
I would love to see a performance per energy and performance per cost comparison for individual workloads. If the CPU draws max power all the time during the test you could compute this from the information you have given, but that is not necessarily true. Certain workloads (such as avx heavy ones) might have different behavior. Conversely I would expect the compiler test to have lower energy usage due to a larger number of cache misses making the CPU idle part of the time waiting for data. This would be relevant information to determine which cpu would give the most bang for the buck.
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I would love to see a performance per energy and performance per cost comparison for individual workloads. If the CPU draws max power all the time during the test you could compute this from the information you have given, but that is not necessarily true. Certain workloads (such as avx heavy ones) might have different behavior. Conversely I would expect the compiler test to have lower energy usage due to a larger number of cache misses making the CPU idle part of the time waiting for data. This would be relevant information to determine which cpu would give the most bang for the buck.
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Alberto
No, really, once you start talking about running a power unlocked CPU, with high end water cooling to withstand that heat, accompanied with the fastest available GPU all to try to compare without a GPU bottleneck how all CPUs perform related to each other, WHY don't you go the next logical step and use a lower resolution? Maybe the next nVidia won't be as fast as a 2080ti 720p but who cares it's about showing how the CPUs compare in their fastest platform without any restraint right?
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No, really, once you start talking about running a power unlocked CPU, with high end water cooling to withstand that heat, accompanied with the fastest available GPU all to try to compare without a GPU bottleneck how all CPUs perform related to each other, WHY don't you go the next logical step and use a lower resolution? Maybe the next nVidia won't be as fast as a 2080ti 720p but who cares it's about showing how the CPUs compare in their fastest platform without any restraint right?
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devilmikey00
Honestly, this is the first time since they introduced the I9 line that intels entire line up naming scheme makes sense, at least on the desktop. I3 4c/8t, I5 6c/12t, I7 8c/16t and I9 10c/20t. As annoying as it might be to SAY the names for the first time in a LONG time this all makes sense in a way someone wouldn't need to spend a while deciphering wth the differences between chips are and if it's worth the money. Now their mobile line...holy shit that's a different story.
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Honestly, this is the first time since they introduced the I9 line that intels entire line up naming scheme makes sense, at least on the desktop. I3 4c/8t, I5 6c/12t, I7 8c/16t and I9 10c/20t. As annoying as it might be to SAY the names for the first time in a LONG time this all makes sense in a way someone wouldn't need to spend a while deciphering wth the differences between chips are and if it's worth the money. Now their mobile line...holy shit that's a different story.
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The
I always find reviews confusing. SOTTR at 1080p max setting no AA doesn't drop below 120fps on my system yet these benches on medium nearly do or actually do on Intel. I guess i'll stick to benching myself and only upgrade when fps dips a lot. I want 120-140fps on my games gpu permitting. My gpu usage dropped to 88% on tomb raider on one village yet my fps was still 120. I don't think i'll bother upgrading as it might make no difference considering the huge upgrade cost.
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I always find reviews confusing. SOTTR at 1080p max setting no AA doesn't drop below 120fps on my system yet these benches on medium nearly do or actually do on Intel. I guess i'll stick to benching myself and only upgrade when fps dips a lot. I want 120-140fps on my games gpu permitting. My gpu usage dropped to 88% on tomb raider on one village yet my fps was still 120. I don't think i'll bother upgrading as it might make no difference considering the huge upgrade cost.
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Bob
Looking down i am not sure why this CPU is getting a lot of hate, it is the king of gaming CPU now. It's too early to say but i don't think its very likely that AMD's 4000 series will beat it for gaming. Lets get real, if you are putting 500 down for a CPU you will be buying a proper solution for it. It seems a X62 can handle it, although if i am being honest i would buy a x72 for this CPU.
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Looking down i am not sure why this CPU is getting a lot of hate, it is the king of gaming CPU now. It's too early to say but i don't think its very likely that AMD's 4000 series will beat it for gaming. Lets get real, if you are putting 500 down for a CPU you will be buying a proper solution for it. It seems a X62 can handle it, although if i am being honest i would buy a x72 for this CPU.
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Tim
Looking forward to seeing the i7-10700K results. Will probably buy one, as it seems to be pretty much on a par with the 9th gen i9, as it will be for a hackintosh. Too many issues for me with Ryzen in that world. Need to update my iMac 2014 (32Gb ram, max!) as it's staring to run out of juice with my new Logic Orchestra libraries. And I could do with a better GPU for Logic and Final Cut.
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Looking forward to seeing the i7-10700K results. Will probably buy one, as it seems to be pretty much on a par with the 9th gen i9, as it will be for a hackintosh. Too many issues for me with Ryzen in that world. Need to update my iMac 2014 (32Gb ram, max!) as it's staring to run out of juice with my new Logic Orchestra libraries. And I could do with a better GPU for Logic and Final Cut.
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Matthew
funny how when you are forced to acknowledge how badly 10900k is beating the 3900x you talk really really fast in an attempt to confuse viewers but then in benchmarks where AMD leads (and not by much considering the AMD chip has more cores) you talk slower while talking shit about the intel chips. You gargling AMDs nuts is getting more and more noticeable as time has gone by.
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funny how when you are forced to acknowledge how badly 10900k is beating the 3900x you talk really really fast in an attempt to confuse viewers but then in benchmarks where AMD leads (and not by much considering the AMD chip has more cores) you talk slower while talking shit about the intel chips. You gargling AMDs nuts is getting more and more noticeable as time has gone by.
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SleepyTF
Keep hearing how ZEN 3 4000 series desktop cpu's are more and more likely to smash the i9-10900k's gaming champion spot off the podium, not to mention it's gen 4 pci-e support. While all rumors, the fact that both ampere gpu's and zen 3 aren't going to drop till September, i think i'll wait and see before deciding on my new build
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Keep hearing how ZEN 3 4000 series desktop cpu's are more and more likely to smash the i9-10900k's gaming champion spot off the podium, not to mention it's gen 4 pci-e support. While all rumors, the fact that both ampere gpu's and zen 3 aren't going to drop till September, i think i'll wait and see before deciding on my new build
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