Intel i9-10900K with 5.4 GHz on 10 cores spotted
The tenth generation of Intel's desktop CPUs was only announced last week. The first benchmarks have already been leaked. Apparently, an overclocker has clocked the i9-10900K on all 10 cores at 5.4 GHz - and that with a standard cooling solution.
The review embargo for the Comet Lake S processors is valid until 20 May. We will have to wait another two weeks for official benchmark results. However, many enthusiasts and reviewers have already received them, as this latest leak shows.
5.4 GHz on 10 cores with standard cooling - either air or water, which is not specified - is impressive, if the leak in Cinebench R15 is correct. The latest flagship for the mainstream platform with 10 cores and 20 threads has a maximum boost clock of 5.3 GHz.
The leak comes from Baidu forums, which have been removed. The processor was running at 5.4 GHz with a voltage of 1.35 V, if the CPU Z values are correct. The i9-10900K scored 3002 points in Cinebench R15 (multicore). Compared to the stock performance, this corresponds to a performance increase of 27 per cent. The same overclocker achieved 2347 points.
For comparison: In the Cinebench R15 ranking, the first-placed 10-core Intel Core i9 10900X achieves a score of 3410. It runs at 6 GHz, but is cooled with liquid nitrogen. This makes the result of the i9-10900K all the more astonishing. The Ryzen 9 3900X still achieves a better score with around 200-300 points more. However, the AMD processor also has two more cores and four more threads. The i9-10900K benefits from the high clock frequencies.
What the device can definitely do will be revealed on 20 May when the reviews come out.
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