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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	313 EFps	Better CSGO EFps. +12%	280 EFps
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	109 EFps		110 EFps	+1%
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	138 EFps		138 EFps
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	142 EFps	Slightly Better PUBG EFps. +5%	135 EFps
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	135 EFps	+2%	133 EFps

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Best Bench: 106% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 89% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 2.15 GHz (avg)

Poor: 89% Great: 106%

SPEED RANK: 74^th / 1442

Gaming 100%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 107%

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Best Bench: 101% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 79% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)

Poor: 79% Great: 101%

SPEED RANK: 136^th / 1442

Gaming 91%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 74%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		99.6 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +10%		90.7 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	91.1 Pts	+1%	90.1 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	149 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +16%	129 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	295 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +15%	257 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	579 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +15%	502 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	1100 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +68%	656 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	97.4 Pts	+1%	96.5 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	158 Pts	+5%	151 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	314 Pts	+4%	302 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	623 Pts	+5%	594 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1222 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +53%	798 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.46 %	0.5 %	Slightly higher market share. +9%
Value Value For Money	87.8 %	103 %	Better value. +18%
User Rating UBM User Rating	66 %	78 %	More popular. +18%
Price Price (score)	$440	$173	Much cheaper. +61%


Age Newest	47 Months	Much more recent. +40%	78 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watts		95 Watts	More energy efficient. +24%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	10 cores	Much higher core count. +67%	6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	20 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +233%	6 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.7 GHz	+3%	3.6 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	5.3 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +23%	4.3 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	2033 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +146%	828 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1888 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +177%	681 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Comet Lake	Coffee Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1200	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	UHD 630	UHD 630
Launch Date Launch Date	Q2'20	Q4'17
Cache Cache	20 MB Intel® Smart Cache	9 MB
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX2
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	5.30 GHz	4.30 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	8 GT/s	8 GT/s DMI3
Thermal Solution Specification Thermal Solution Specification	PCG 2015D	PCG 2015C (130W)
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	128 GB	64 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4-2933	DDR4-2666
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency	1.20 GHz	1.15 GHz
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡	2	2.0
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	Yes	No
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	3	3.0
PCI Express Configurations PCI Express Configurations ‡	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4	Up to 1x16 or 2x8 or 1x8+2x4
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Intel’s Comet Lake flagship, the i9-10900K, is the fastest gaming and desktop CPU currently available. This ten-core hyperthreaded processor can easily be overclocked so that all twenty threads run at an eye-watering 5.2 GHz. Whilst its stellar performance is second to none, it comes with a premium price tag of $488 USD. The 10900K also requires a new (Z490) LGA1200 motherboard, which Intel has indicated will remain compatible with Rocket Lake CPUs which are due later this year. Whilst AMD’s competing $420 USD Ryzen 3900X and $675 USD Ryzen 3950X do have a greater number of cores, their lower clock speeds and higher memory latency handicap them in non-rendering use cases. Overall, the 10900K has a 16% effective speed advantage over both the 3900X and 3950X. Users that do a lot of rendering should investigate dedicated hardware encoders such as NVENC and Quick Sync as these are far more efficient than CPU based rendering. Comparing the 10900K and 10700K shows that, when paired with a 2060S, the 10700K offers comparable gaming performance for 20% less money. ^{[Jun '20 CPUPro]}

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The unlocked hex-core i5-8600K from Intel’s latest Coffee Lake generation of processors is the new flagship of the i5 series, succeeding the Kaby Lake quad-core i5-7600K. The 8th generation of processors brings the largest performance uplift since Sandy Bridge by adding more cores at each of the i3, i5 and i7 product lines. Like the other Coffee Lake processors, the i5-8600K is built upon optimized 14nm architecture, marginally improved upon from Kaby Lake and Skylake. The 8600K has a 95W TDP and a nominal stock clock of 3.6 GHz, which boosts to 4.1 GHz for all six cores, 4.2 GHz for dual/quad and 4.3 GHz for single core. Early benchmarks put the i5-8600K’s effective speed 15% ahead of the i5-7600K. A 50% increase in multi-core speed is explained by two additional cores and thanks to the quad-core clock bump from 4 GHz on the 7600K to 4.2 GHz on the 8600K there is also an additional 5% performance boost across all workloads. All Coffee Lake processors require a 300-series chipset, making a straight CPU upgrade unfeasible despite sharing the same socket as their Z270 predecessors. Even though most games still use less than 4 cores simultaneously, the i5-8600K is a great choice for gamers but for $80 less, the 8350K which is faster than last years 7600K and only marginally weaker for gaming than the 8600K is certainly well worth considering as well. ^{[Oct '17 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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