Intel’s Flagship Core i9-10900K Comet Lake-S 10 Core Desktop CPU Benchmarked on Z490 Motherboard – Almost On Par With An AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

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The latest benchmarks of Intel's flagship and upcoming mainstream desktop processor, the 10 core, Core i9-10900K, have once again leaked out. This time, the results were posted on a Z490 motherboard and not an OEM branded LGA 1200 socketed motherboard which, providing us a more realistic look at the performance of Intel's new chip.Featured in the Comet Lake-S mainstream desktop family, the 10th Generation Core i9-10900K is the flagship CPU for 2020. It's still based on the same Skylake architecture that we have received in countless revisions such as Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake, and Coffee Lake-Refresh. The process is also the same 14nm but a more refined version allowing for a slight clock speed bump and addition of more cores.

 

Pricing would play a major role in deciding the fate of the 10th Generation Comet Lake-S CPU family. With Zen 3 expected this year and AMD eating up market share in all segments, Intel really needs to rethink their CPU strategy and we hope that they can hit their process roadmap goals on time if they really want to hit AMD back. Intel's 10th Gen Comet Lake-S desktop family and the respective Z490 motherboards are slated for launch in April 2020.

 

The new 10th Generation processor lineup is rumored to bring significantly lower price points at each CPU segment than the ones we have been getting so far from Intel. This is once again a much need push to reclaim some sort of relevance in the mainstream desktop segment where AMD's Ryzen has disrupted the market share and the mind share-alike.