Intel Comet Lake line-up leaked

Upcoming 14nm Intel CPUs include 10-core, 20-thread Core i9-10900KF with a boost-clock of 5.2MHz

Intel's upcoming Comet Lake-based CPU line-up have been leaked in China, indicating a top-of-the-range ten-core, 20-thread Core i9-10900KF, capable of running at up to 5.2MHz.

The leak was spotted on a Chinese technology forum and scooped up by specialist German website Computerbase.

The top-of-the-range Core i9-10900KF will run at a standard 3.4GHz, has a 20MB cache and a TDP of 105 watts. The part will be priced at $499 or £480, including VAT.

However, at that price it will be pitched against AMD's recently launched Ryzen 9 3900X. For around the same outlay, it offers 12 cores and 24 threads, a clock speed of 3.8MHz, boosting to 4.6GHz, and a combined Level 2 and Level 3 cache of 70MB - three-and-a-half times the Intel Core i9-10900KF.

On top of that, while the Comet Lake CPUs will be built on Intel's 14nm process node, AMD's have been built on TSMC's 7nm FinFET process.

As such, it will be interesting (to say the least) to see how they fare on a head-to-head basis. However, the TDP ratings and boost clock speeds indicate that Intel is attempting to wring every last clock cycle out of its 14nm process in a bid to keep up with AMD - a reversal of the two company's positions over the past ten or so years.

Further down the line-up, the Core i7-10700K offers eight cores and 16 threads, but boosts to 5.1GHz on a single-core. It offers a 16MB cache and a 95W TDP. It will cost $339, which equates to around £324, including VAT at 20 per cent.

The Core i5-10600K is the top-of-the-range 10th-gen Intel Core i5. It offers six cores and 12 threads, runs up to 4.9GHz at boosted clock speeds, and comes with a 12MB cache. It has a 95W TDP will cost $269, or around £260, including VAT.

On the Core i3 side, the Intel Core i3-10350K tops the range. It offers four cores and eight threads. It runs from 4.1GHz to 4.8GHz, boosted. It offers 9MB of combined Level 2 and Level 3 cache and has a TDP of 91 watts. It is set to be priced at $179, or around £169, including VAT.

The Intel Core i3-10100 is the entry level. This is another four-core, eight-thread CPU that runs boosted at up to 4.4GHz on a single core. It has a 7MB cache and a TDP of 62 watts. It is priced at $129 price tag, which is around £120, including VAT.

At that price, it will compete against the AMD Ryzen 3 3200G and the AMD Ryzen 5 3400G. Both are also quad-core offerings, with the Ryzen 5 also offering multi-threading. Like the Intel parts, ‘G' suffixed AMD Ryzen CPUs also offer integrated graphics.