The less time remains before the launch of Intel Comet Lake-S desktop processors, the more preliminary data appears on the network that reveal details about their performance. One of the latest leaks was published by user Tum_Apisak, who found test results of the alleged Core i5-9K in the Geekbench 10900 benchmark database.
The i9-10900K is expected to be the successor to the i9-9900K, with two extra cores and slightly higher clocks. While the Core i9-9900K has a base clock speed of 3,6 GHz, which can be boosted up to 5,0 GHz with Turbo Boost technology, for the new chip, these frequencies will be 3,7 and 5,1 GHz, respectively.
Based on the test results published by Tum_Apisak, the new processor scores 1437 points in the single-threaded test, and 11390 points in the multi-core test. For comparison, the Intel Core i9-9900K scores 1340 points in the single-thread test and 8787 points in the multi-core test.
Thus, we can observe a 30 percent increase in performance in multi-threaded mode. If it were only an increased number of processor cores, performance would increase by no more than 25 percent. Therefore, the performance gain can be attributed not only to this, but also to the increased clock frequency, and to the increase in the third-level cache from 16 to 20 MB.
Some time ago, data was published on the network indicating that Intel was having problems with the power consumption of Comet Lake processors for desktop PCs, since they are still being manufactured using the 14nm process technology. However, now all indications are that the company was able to eliminate the problems associated with high power consumption, which allowed it to increase the clock frequency and significantly improve the performance of the processor.
It is worth noting that both chips could not be tested on the same motherboard and with the same cooling system, which certainly affected the test results. So, the alleged i9-10900K was tested on an ASRock Z490M Pro4 motherboard with 32 GB of DDR4 RAM installed on it.
It will be possible to confirm or deny the received 30% increase in performance only when the new processors go on sale. When this will happen is still unknown.
Source: 3dnews.ru