We are seeing how Intel is modifying its commercial strategy with respect to its processors. The new Core-X will arrive at half the price of its predecessors due to the AMD Threadripper. They have also recently reduced the price of Core-F by up to 25%. Intel's next step will not be to jump at 10nm, it will be to introduce HyperThreading technology into the Core i3 Comet Lake.
To date, the company reserved the system of processing threads for some processors. Especially it can be seen in the Core i5 and the Core i9, staying out of the Core i7. It seems that the company wants to bring HyperThreading to the Core i3-10100 and thus boost its sales.
Intel will bring HyperThreading to the Core i3
We know this thanks to a filtered benchmark of the Core i3-101000 processor, a natural replacement for the Core i3-9100. To date, the Core i3-9100 had 4 cores and 4 threads. This new Core i3-10100 processor will have 4 cores and 8 threads. It will allow this new processor to obtain between 30-50% more performance and would be equivalent to the Core i7-7700K.
The test that has been leaked indicates that this processor works at 3.6GHz, which, if confirmed, would make it an ideal processor for gaming. The Core i3-9100 is around € 100, if it came out at the same price (or even up to 25% more expensive) it would be an excellent processor. In addition, it would not generate a bottleneck with the majority of market graphics.
Comet Lake from Intel, as we know, will have a 10-core, 20-wire stop. Possibly this processor will be the most advanced and we will need a refrigerator to cool it. The Core i9-9900K with 8 cores and 16 threads already generate problems for cooling. A 10-core 20-core 10-core Core i9-10900K theoretician will require bestial heatsinks.