Intel's 10th gen Core i9-10900K is no doubt the world's fastest gaming CPU right now, which is just how the company described it. The problem with Intel has always been the aspects outside of gaming and how it performs compared to AMD's Ryzen 3000 chips, but with the company's i9-10900K, that won't seem to matter anymore.
10th Gen Intel Core i9-10900K
Despite this being a 10th-gen chip, Intel's new line up is being built by the company's aging 14nm process. After going through several changes, tweaks, and optimizations, Intel has introduced the flagship consumer i9-10900K which was announced back on April 30.
A whole new chip with optimal specifications
This new chip brings a lot of changes to the table. It uses a thinner die and solder thermal interface material to improve thermal dissipation. Plus, the company also made a thicker heat spreader.
According to PC World, "Why make the die and STIM thinner, but the heat spreader thicker? The reason is the cost. Intel said it had to keep the height of the heat spreader on all of its CPUs the same so they'd be compatible with existing cooling hardware. Intel officials did say the materials used for the heat spreader help compensate for that compromise, so overall the new chip is better at power dissipation."
When it comes to the socket, the rumors are true. The new 10th-gen CPU consists of a new LGA1200 socket that is incompatible with the previous 9th-gen CPUs, which is very tough for gamers who just want to upgrade their previous CPUs and not the motherboard.
This new socket and Intel's new X490 doesn't really change or do much for the chip. Everything will be installed the same way it was before. As for the PCIe 4.0 rumors on the X490, it is all false which gives Intel a disadvantage compared to AMD that has a faster GPU and SSD interface.
For the chip's rendering performance, PC World tested it out and AMD still beats Intel. Regarding its gaming performance, "Intel didn't call the Core i9-10900K 'the best CPU for multi-threaded performance' because it likely knew it wasn't going to squeeze out the Ryzen 9 3900X. On the other hand, Intel's chips have long led in gaming performance, ever since the first Ryzen was introduced," PC World added.
For games like Chernobylite, the game was tested and set to high settings whee the game is not actually limited by the GPU performance. As the graphics go from high to ultra, it becomes a very GPU-bound test. When it comes to speed, the Core i9 is 6.5% much faster than AMD's Ryzen 9.
