The Intel CPU with the biggest boost is finally released, the tenth-generation Core desktop processor is completely revealed
Frankly speaking, Intel desktop products have been under great pressure in recent years after the rival Ryzen processor came out in 2017. It can be seen from its product development trend-on the 8th generation Core, for the first time we saw a Core i5 with a 6-core configuration and a built-in 4 core Core i3 processor; on the 9th generation Core, the first time We have seen the KF/F series processors with no built-in core graphics card finally, and the price has been further reduced, and the first Core i9-9900KS with the full core frequency increased to 5.0GHz. However, in the face of aggressive opponents' aggressive offensives and the release of various Zen 2 architecture processors, the above efforts are obviously not enough.
Therefore, today, on April 30, 2020, Intel finally released the tenth-generation Core desktop processor, the COMET LAKE-S that has long been rumored in the industry.
Improve physical structure and improve heat dissipation performance
▲The tenth-generation Core desktop processor increases the thickness of the entire IHS integrated radiator (that is, the CPU top cover we often call), makes the processor Die core chip thinner, and improves the heat dissipation performance of the processor.
From the core point of view, COMET LAKE-S and the ninth-generation Core processor Coffee Lake-S Refresh have no significant changes in the processor micro-architecture and production process. The 14nm++ production process is still used. The main improvement lies in the further improvement of the processing. The specifications of the processor have been slightly improved, and the internal physical structure of the processor has been slightly improved. First, let us look at the changes in the internal physical structure of the processor. Compared with the 9th generation welding clamp packaging method, the 10th generation Core has made further improvements, increasing the entire IHS integrated heat sink (which is what we often call the CPU top Cover), but the overall thickness of the processor remains the same. The way to achieve this is to make the Die core chip inside the processor thinner, and then exchange for a thicker integrated heat sink.
According to the heat conduction formula, when the conductor is the same, the larger the conductor cross-sectional area, the more heat is conducted. Therefore, this design can provide a better heat dissipation effect for the processor. Regrettably, Intel did not disclose how they thinned the processor chip while still using the 14nm++ process. If new information is available in the future, we will disclose it to you in time.
The frequency is greatly increased to the highest 5.3GHz
▲ A major upgrade of the tenth-generation Core desktop processor is to continue to increase the processor's turbo frequency, the flagship product can reach up to 5.3GHz.
It is possible that because of the improvement in heat dissipation performance, Intel has brought another major upgrade to the tenth-generation Core desktop processor-up to 5.3GHz turbo frequency, and the ninth-generation Core processor is the highest. The frequency is only 5.0GHz. Intel believes that frequency is very important for applications, especially games. At present, most games are very dependent on the single-core performance of the processor. High-frequency processors will help increase the game frame rate and reduce the delay when the game is running, bringing game players a more realistic experience.
▲The Turbo MAX 3.0 technology can automatically discover the two cores with the best performance and physique, and greatly increase their frequency.
At the same time, Intel’s Turbo MAX 3.0 technology is matched with high frequency. This technology can automatically find the two cores with the best performance according to the current workload, power consumption, temperature and other environmental factors, and without increasing the voltage, Increase their frequency to make full use of the remaining space for power consumption and heat generation, and maximize frequency and performance. Intel Turbo Boost technology has derived 1.0, 2.0, MAX 3.0 and other different versions, the acceleration effect is more and more significant, and the utilization rate is getting higher and higher. In addition to Turbo Boost technology, Intel has also developed another acceleration technology in recent years—Thermal Velocity Boost, or TVB acceleration technology for short.
To put it simply, Intel TVB acceleration technology will be based on the length of the processor's operating time under the maximum temperature limit and whether the turbo acceleration power consumption limit is left. On the basis of single-core and multi-core turbo acceleration, timely, Automatically continue to increase the frequency of a single core. The specific frequency increase and time depend on the workload, processor specifications and heat dissipation conditions. Generally speaking, the temperature will closely affect the acceleration of TVB. If the core temperature is lower than or equal to the warning temperature and there is a turbo frequency power space, then TVB acceleration will further increase the upper-frequency limit on the basis of the Turbo Boost turbo acceleration, such as Increase the additional frequency of 200MHz～300MHz.
▲The flagship specification of the tenth-generation Core desktop processor shows that its packaging has been changed to a rather creative translucent packaging, which is more technological.
It is under the support of Turbo Boost 3.0 and TVB acceleration technology that the highest turbo frequency of the tenth-generation Core i9-10900K/KF processors can reach 5.3 GHz. Intel also calls it the best gaming processor today. The Core i9-10900/F two processors, which are positioned at a lower level, can also use Turbo + TVB technology to increase the frequency to a maximum of 5.2GHz. It needs to be mentioned that only these four processors support TVB technology, and other tenth-generation products either only support Turbo MAX 3.0 technology or neither of them.
▲The tenth-generation Core desktop processor adds the hyperthreading switch function of each core, the ability to overclock the PCIe/DMI bus, and the overclocking tool Extreme Tuning has been updated.
At the same time, Intel has also enhanced the overclocking capabilities of the 10th generation Core processors:
1. First of all, when overclocking, the hyper-threading switch function of each core is added, and the user can choose to turn on or off the multi-threading function of each core to facilitate the further increase in frequency.
2. Users can overclock the PCIe graphics (PEG), the PCIe bus, and the DMI bus connected to the CPU and chipset.
3. Intel has further improved the controllable range of processor voltage and frequency. The blue curve in the graph displayed indicates the curve with conventional overclocking, and the yellow one is the new overclocking curve. It can be seen that the yellow curve has a certain degree of increase compared to the blue at every point. This shows that Intel has improved the overclocking capability of the 10th generation Core non-locking frequency processor. At the same time, Intel has also updated its overclocking tool Extreme Tuning, adding support for graphics cards and the above new features.
Another major upgrade of the tenth-generation Core processor is to increase the number of cores and fully popularize HT hyper-threading technology. On the tenth-generation Core i9 processor, the number of cores of the processor is increased to 10, and the number of computing threads is as high as 20. The Core i7 series has reopened support for Hyper-Threading technology while continuing to maintain the 8-core configuration. Similar upgrades have also appeared on Core i5 and Core i3 processors. Although they still maintain 6-core and 4-core configurations respectively, they all provide support for Hyper-Threading technology. In fact, judging from the product specifications of the tenth-generation Core processor announced by Intel, there are basically only three low-end Celeron processors that do not support hyper-threading technology. Even the Pentium gold-level processors have 2 cores, 4-thread configuration.
This configuration allows Intel to better deal with the challenges of the current Ryzen processors. For example, with high frequencies, the 10-core tenth-generation Core i9 series will be able to fight against 12-core processors like Ryzen 9 3900X. For Ryzen 7, Ryzen 5, and Ryzen 3 that support SMT (Synchronous Multi-Threading Technology) 8-core, 6-core, and 4-core products, with full support for Hyper-Threading Technology, Intel’s tenth-generation equivalent processor It also stands on the same starting line with them in key specifications such as core and thread count. In terms of TDP (thermal design power consumption), it may benefit from the improvement of heat dissipation performance. The TDP thermal design power consumption of K/KF series processors has all increased to 125W, which means that they may have more overclocking space. The processor still maintains low power consumption, with a TDP of only 58-65W.
The whole system supports up to DDR4 2933 memory
In terms of memory, the new feature brought by Intel's tenth-generation Core desktop processor is that Core i9 and Core i7 start to support DDR4 2933 memory, while the previous generation products only support DDR4 2666 memory at the highest. There is no doubt that higher frequency memory also helps to improve the overall performance of the platform. Of course, Core i5, Core i3, Pentium Gold, Celeron and other relatively low-position products still maintain the memory specifications that support DDR4 2666.
Processor optimized for gaming
▲Functionally, native support for Wi-Fi 6 and Thunderbolt 3 is a major upgrade of the tenth-generation Core desktop processor.
In terms of wireless networking, Intel still integrates the Intel CNVi wireless AC solution in the 400 series motherboard chipset paired with the 10th-generation Core processor. Motherboard manufacturers only need to purchase low-cost companion radiofrequency (CRF) modules from Intel. Make the motherboard have a wireless network function. Only this time the module is upgraded to the Wi-Fi 6 specification, that is, the AX201 (Gig+) module. The theoretical transmission bandwidth in the 5GHz@160MHz frequency band can be increased to 2.4Gbps, which is significantly improved relative to Wi-Fi 5 with a bandwidth of 1.73Gbps. At the same time, the tenth-generation Core processor also supports the Thunderbolt 3 interface, which integrates PCI Express data transmission technology and DisplayPort display technology, with a bandwidth of 40Gbps, which can provide users with better expansion capabilities.
▲Summary of main new features of Intel's tenth-generation Core desktop processor
So is Intel's tenth-generation Core desktop processor as dazzling as advertised above? How does its game performance behave? Please look forward to the first performance test that will be brought to you by the "Microcomputer" evaluation room.
Therefore, today, on April 30, 2020, Intel finally released the tenth-generation Core desktop processor, the COMET LAKE-S that has long been rumored in the industry.
Improve physical structure and improve heat dissipation performance
▲The tenth-generation Core desktop processor increases the thickness of the entire IHS integrated radiator (that is, the CPU top cover we often call), makes the processor Die core chip thinner, and improves the heat dissipation performance of the processor.
From the core point of view, COMET LAKE-S and the ninth-generation Core processor Coffee Lake-S Refresh have no significant changes in the processor micro-architecture and production process. The 14nm++ production process is still used. The main improvement lies in the further improvement of the processing. The specifications of the processor have been slightly improved, and the internal physical structure of the processor has been slightly improved. First, let us look at the changes in the internal physical structure of the processor. Compared with the 9th generation welding clamp packaging method, the 10th generation Core has made further improvements, increasing the entire IHS integrated heat sink (which is what we often call the CPU top Cover), but the overall thickness of the processor remains the same. The way to achieve this is to make the Die core chip inside the processor thinner, and then exchange for a thicker integrated heat sink.
According to the heat conduction formula, when the conductor is the same, the larger the conductor cross-sectional area, the more heat is conducted. Therefore, this design can provide a better heat dissipation effect for the processor. Regrettably, Intel did not disclose how they thinned the processor chip while still using the 14nm++ process. If new information is available in the future, we will disclose it to you in time.
The frequency is greatly increased to the highest 5.3GHz
▲ A major upgrade of the tenth-generation Core desktop processor is to continue to increase the processor's turbo frequency, the flagship product can reach up to 5.3GHz.
It is possible that because of the improvement in heat dissipation performance, Intel has brought another major upgrade to the tenth-generation Core desktop processor-up to 5.3GHz turbo frequency, and the ninth-generation Core processor is the highest. The frequency is only 5.0GHz. Intel believes that frequency is very important for applications, especially games. At present, most games are very dependent on the single-core performance of the processor. High-frequency processors will help increase the game frame rate and reduce the delay when the game is running, bringing game players a more realistic experience.
▲The Turbo MAX 3.0 technology can automatically discover the two cores with the best performance and physique, and greatly increase their frequency.
At the same time, Intel’s Turbo MAX 3.0 technology is matched with high frequency. This technology can automatically find the two cores with the best performance according to the current workload, power consumption, temperature and other environmental factors, and without increasing the voltage, Increase their frequency to make full use of the remaining space for power consumption and heat generation, and maximize frequency and performance. Intel Turbo Boost technology has derived 1.0, 2.0, MAX 3.0 and other different versions, the acceleration effect is more and more significant, and the utilization rate is getting higher and higher. In addition to Turbo Boost technology, Intel has also developed another acceleration technology in recent years—Thermal Velocity Boost, or TVB acceleration technology for short.
To put it simply, Intel TVB acceleration technology will be based on the length of the processor's operating time under the maximum temperature limit and whether the turbo acceleration power consumption limit is left. On the basis of single-core and multi-core turbo acceleration, timely, Automatically continue to increase the frequency of a single core. The specific frequency increase and time depend on the workload, processor specifications and heat dissipation conditions. Generally speaking, the temperature will closely affect the acceleration of TVB. If the core temperature is lower than or equal to the warning temperature and there is a turbo frequency power space, then TVB acceleration will further increase the upper-frequency limit on the basis of the Turbo Boost turbo acceleration, such as Increase the additional frequency of 200MHz～300MHz.
▲The flagship specification of the tenth-generation Core desktop processor shows that its packaging has been changed to a rather creative translucent packaging, which is more technological.
It is under the support of Turbo Boost 3.0 and TVB acceleration technology that the highest turbo frequency of the tenth-generation Core i9-10900K/KF processors can reach 5.3 GHz. Intel also calls it the best gaming processor today. The Core i9-10900/F two processors, which are positioned at a lower level, can also use Turbo + TVB technology to increase the frequency to a maximum of 5.2GHz. It needs to be mentioned that only these four processors support TVB technology, and other tenth-generation products either only support Turbo MAX 3.0 technology or neither of them.
▲The tenth-generation Core desktop processor adds the hyperthreading switch function of each core, the ability to overclock the PCIe/DMI bus, and the overclocking tool Extreme Tuning has been updated.
At the same time, Intel has also enhanced the overclocking capabilities of the 10th generation Core processors:
1. First of all, when overclocking, the hyper-threading switch function of each core is added, and the user can choose to turn on or off the multi-threading function of each core to facilitate the further increase in frequency.
2. Users can overclock the PCIe graphics (PEG), the PCIe bus, and the DMI bus connected to the CPU and chipset.
3. Intel has further improved the controllable range of processor voltage and frequency. The blue curve in the graph displayed indicates the curve with conventional overclocking, and the yellow one is the new overclocking curve. It can be seen that the yellow curve has a certain degree of increase compared to the blue at every point. This shows that Intel has improved the overclocking capability of the 10th generation Core non-locking frequency processor. At the same time, Intel has also updated its overclocking tool Extreme Tuning, adding support for graphics cards and the above new features.
Another major upgrade of the tenth-generation Core processor is to increase the number of cores and fully popularize HT hyper-threading technology. On the tenth-generation Core i9 processor, the number of cores of the processor is increased to 10, and the number of computing threads is as high as 20. The Core i7 series has reopened support for Hyper-Threading technology while continuing to maintain the 8-core configuration. Similar upgrades have also appeared on Core i5 and Core i3 processors. Although they still maintain 6-core and 4-core configurations respectively, they all provide support for Hyper-Threading technology. In fact, judging from the product specifications of the tenth-generation Core processor announced by Intel, there are basically only three low-end Celeron processors that do not support hyper-threading technology. Even the Pentium gold-level processors have 2 cores, 4-thread configuration.
This configuration allows Intel to better deal with the challenges of the current Ryzen processors. For example, with high frequencies, the 10-core tenth-generation Core i9 series will be able to fight against 12-core processors like Ryzen 9 3900X. For Ryzen 7, Ryzen 5, and Ryzen 3 that support SMT (Synchronous Multi-Threading Technology) 8-core, 6-core, and 4-core products, with full support for Hyper-Threading Technology, Intel’s tenth-generation equivalent processor It also stands on the same starting line with them in key specifications such as core and thread count. In terms of TDP (thermal design power consumption), it may benefit from the improvement of heat dissipation performance. The TDP thermal design power consumption of K/KF series processors has all increased to 125W, which means that they may have more overclocking space. The processor still maintains low power consumption, with a TDP of only 58-65W.
The whole system supports up to DDR4 2933 memory
In terms of memory, the new feature brought by Intel's tenth-generation Core desktop processor is that Core i9 and Core i7 start to support DDR4 2933 memory, while the previous generation products only support DDR4 2666 memory at the highest. There is no doubt that higher frequency memory also helps to improve the overall performance of the platform. Of course, Core i5, Core i3, Pentium Gold, Celeron and other relatively low-position products still maintain the memory specifications that support DDR4 2666.
Processor optimized for gaming
▲Functionally, native support for Wi-Fi 6 and Thunderbolt 3 is a major upgrade of the tenth-generation Core desktop processor.
In terms of wireless networking, Intel still integrates the Intel CNVi wireless AC solution in the 400 series motherboard chipset paired with the 10th-generation Core processor. Motherboard manufacturers only need to purchase low-cost companion radiofrequency (CRF) modules from Intel. Make the motherboard have a wireless network function. Only this time the module is upgraded to the Wi-Fi 6 specification, that is, the AX201 (Gig+) module. The theoretical transmission bandwidth in the 5GHz@160MHz frequency band can be increased to 2.4Gbps, which is significantly improved relative to Wi-Fi 5 with a bandwidth of 1.73Gbps. At the same time, the tenth-generation Core processor also supports the Thunderbolt 3 interface, which integrates PCI Express data transmission technology and DisplayPort display technology, with a bandwidth of 40Gbps, which can provide users with better expansion capabilities.
▲Summary of main new features of Intel's tenth-generation Core desktop processor
So is Intel's tenth-generation Core desktop processor as dazzling as advertised above? How does its game performance behave? Please look forward to the first performance test that will be brought to you by the "Microcomputer" evaluation room.
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