Intel's new flagship for the desktop in the form of the Core i9 10900K with ten cores and twenty threads apparently has impressive overclocking potential, as Twitter user OldSKol (via Videocardz and Wccftech) shows – or better showed, because the site is now offline again.
According to the values shown, he achieved one on all cores and threads at the same time Computing speed of an impressive 5.4 GHz on all ten cores.
How was the high clock rate achieved?
In order to correctly classify overclocking, a look at the official specifications of the Core i9 10900K is helpful:
- 10 cores / 20 threads, 20.0 MB cache, DDR4-2933
- 3.7 GHz base clock, maximum 5.3 GHz on one core, maximum 4.9 GHz on all cores
- 125 watts TDP
In order to keep the 5.4 GHz on all cores and keep them stable, the overclocker Wccftech and the CPU-Z screenshots set the core voltage to 1,350 volts.
The surprising thing: it came no complex LN2 (liquid nitrogen) cooling for use. OldSKol reportedly only used standard cooling solutions – i.e. air or water cooling.
In this context, recently announced binning statistics from MSI (via Wccftech) on the new Comet Lake-S processors are interesting. So you can around 27 percent of the tested Core i9 10900K and 10900KF really overclocked will.
What does that mean for performance?
In terms of multi-core performance, the Core i9 10900K in Cinebench R15 was able to overclock up 27 percent from 2,347 to 3,002 points.
A very impressive increase, even if AMD's Ryzen 9 3900X already reaches 3,200 to 3,300 points with factory settings. However, the CPU has two cores and four more threads, which plays a big role in Cinebench.
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How high is the power consumption at 5.4 GHz? OldSKol did not provide any information on this either. However, it is known that the power limit should be around 250 watts (PL2).
Since this applies to the Core i9 10900K with standard settings that are designed for a maximum of 4.9 GHz on all cores, it can be assumed that the 250 watts were clearly exceeded by overclocking.
When will the new Intel processors come?
The first K models from the Comet Lake-S series are to be on the shelves on May 20, with further models to follow from May 27.
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