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AMD100-100000591WOF
▲ 56762 ▼

10 Cores, 20 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

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▲ 701,784 ▼

8 Cores, 16 Threads @4.5GHz, Zen4.
Release date: Q3 2022.

Effective Speed 
+14%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 88,419 user samples
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84,873 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 105% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 88% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.3 GHz (avg)
Poor: 88% Great: 105%
SPEED RANK: 98th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 106%
UFO
3,546 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 122% Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.3 GHz (avg)
Poor bench: 99% Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg)
Poor: 99% Great: 122%
SPEED RANK: 50th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 112%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 114%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 118%
UFO
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		98.9 % 112 % Faster effective speed.
+14%
Average Score 
+26%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		92 Pts Lower memory latency.
+15% 		79.8 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		146 Pts 205 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+40%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		288 Pts 404 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+40%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		567 Pts 775 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+37%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		1076 Pts 1383 Pts Faster octa-core speed.
+29%
Overclocked Score 
+30%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		97.4 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+7% 		91.3 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		155 Pts 217 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+40%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		307 Pts 434 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+41%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		609 Pts 847 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+39%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		1193 Pts 1648 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+38%
Value & Sentiment 
+0%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.41 % Much higher market share.
+46% 		0.28 %
Value
Value For Money 		98.2 % 113 % Better value.
+15%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		56 % 70 % More popular.
+25%
Price
Price (score) 		$285 $270 Slightly cheaper.
+5%
Nice To Haves 
+18%
Age
Newest 		50+ Months 25 Months Much more recent.
+50%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		1987 Pts 2025 Pts +2%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		1845 Pts 1890 Pts +2%
Conclusion 
Average Bench 98.9%
Average Bench 112%

The Intel Core i9-10850K is one of the best valued high-end CPUs from Intel in the past few years. Essentially, the 10850K is a worse binned 10900K, meaning that it may be a hundred or two megahertz slower than the 10900K and may not overclock as well as a standard 10900K. Otherwise, the 10850K is nearly identical to the 10900K. The 10850K is a very strong gaming and workstation CPU. With a sub-$400 price-tag, the 10850K has a similar pricing to the Ryzen 7 5800X. Gamers who want the faster overall gaming performance should go with the Ryzen 7 5800X, while users who want the best overclocking and a slightly better workstation/multi-core performance may want to stick with the 10850K. Note that Intel will be switching to a new chipset with their 12th generation Alder Lake processors, so the upgrade path is limited to Intel's 11th generation Rocket Lake processors, which is mostly not worth the upgrade. Also, as of Q1 of 2020, the 10900K remains $75-100 more expensive than the 10850K. There is just not enough performance gain for most users to justify the extra cost, so most users would be better off with a 10850K. At the end of the day, the 10850K is still a very solid choice for anyone who wants a high-performing intel processor that will last for a good few years before really needing a upgrade.  [May '21 NorthStar]

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Within minutes of the first, pre-release, 7000 series userbenchmark results, AMD’s marketers broadcast a 20% win over the 12900K via thousands of anonymous twitter, reddit, forum and youtube accounts. Buying new AMD products is like buying used cars: it takes time, experience and a taste for sales hype. It’s difficult for consumers to make rational choices while AMD completely dominates “sponsored news” and social media channels. Ten years ago, when AMD was the underdog, this type of marketing was understandable. Today, with a capitalization of $150 Billion USD, it’s disrespectful to AMD's own users. Even with Intel's marketing department asleep at the wheel, Ryzen will quickly end up in the same state as Radeon. Following a series of overhyped releases, consumers have little interest in the Radeon brand. The combined market share for all of AMD’s (discrete) Radeon RX 5000 and 6000 GPUs (Steam stats) is just 2%. Although the new 7000 series Zen4 CPUs are actually around 15% faster than their predecessors, they have hefty cooling requirements (TDP +60% vs 5000 series), 30 second BIOS post times, expensive DDR5 RAM requirements and only work with expensive motherboards. Despite the 7000 series struggling to match Intel’s outgoing 12th gen, AMD market it as a “future proof” platform! They want users to pay a premium for last gen performance in exchange for the shallow promise of upgrades in the future. Over the next few days, Intel’s 13th gen (Raptor Lake) will launch. Shoppers will do well to wait until then. Despite AMD’s Neanderthal marketing techniques, it’s hard not to admire their technical progress. AMD-Raptor4 and Intel-Zen13 would be better fitting product names. [Sep '22 CPUPro]

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