Intel announced Core i9–9900KS clocking at 5GHz 8 cores Gaming Processor ,Tech News

4 min readOct 10, 2019

Intel at Computex this week not only detailed its fresh Ice Lake design, it also released an upcoming CPU — the Core i9–9900KS. This module is an eight-core spin on the 9900 K, but with an even greater 5GHz all-core base clock under load. This is a 300MHz boost over all the i9–9900 K normal core, with a base-clock 400MHz higher.

And We have charted how the CPU will fall into the overall stack of Intel, with comparative parts listed from AMD. For reference, we also included the Ryzen 7 2700X. From retail prices as of 5/28, prices marked with~are taken. The asterisk near the TDP of the 9900 K is a reference to the fact that, if confined to a 3.6GHz operating clock,

this chip has been shown to be only a 95W processor. The energy consumption of the CPU increases considerably at greater speeds. The current Core i9–9900 K version can deliver 160W–180W at complete load. Increasing clock velocity to an all-core 5GHz, assuming the chip holds this frequency at all moments (as it should), is likely to break the limit of 200W — more if the voltage taps needed to reach that frequency are important.

Reviewers who saw the Intel Core i9–9900KS demo reported using a 240 mm ROG Ryujin 240 cooler with high-end but eventually conventional cooling parts. It’s a high-end, but not a crazy, system. Those who fear that the 28-core CPU will be repeated with a 1.2kW chiller connected to it under the table need have no worries.

This CPU will be accessible at retail at an undisclosed cost, with completely functional embedded graphics. It seems clear the general positioning here. Intel will push the 9900 K right to the brink to offer it a better opportunity in a core-to-core comparison of getting past the Ryzen 7 3800X. The chances of matching the 12-core AMD are small unless that chip proves

to have a really horrible scaling owing to the pressure of the memory bandwidth (and to be evident, this is not an result we expect). While we wouldn’t be surprised to see the Ryzen 7 12-core scaling down less than its Threadripper counterpart, the jump from 8 to 12 cores improves general funds by 1.5x. Even with weak scaling, a substantial performance improvement can still be achieved.

So why should Intel take this path? A lot of marketing and a lot of approach. A 5GHz all-core is a very powerful marketing claim, and not every application scale well past eight cores. In reality, the overall rule of thumb on which you can depend is that the greater the key count,

the worse the scaling (outside so-called “embarrassingly parallel” workloads that scale outstandingly well). Many multi-threaded apps also top up at 4 or 8 threads, as 16-core CPUs remained the sole domain of high-end workstations or servers until quite recently.

Price is a side point. Intel has shown little interest to lower its per-core pricing below certain thresholds to date. While the pricing of the business has enhanced dramatically since the original launch of Ryzen — an eight-core Intel chip is now literally less than half the price it was in 2016

the business has permitted AMD to claim the price / performance crown so far, while fighting for the complete performance crown. Before we understand which of them will lead overall, we will have to see how the 3800X and 9900KS compare in head-to-head contests.

Intel announced Core i9–9900KS clocking at 5GHz 8 cores Gaming Processor ,Tech News

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