Slides show full specs of Intel Comet Lake desktop CPUs
Some slides of suspected specs of Intel’s upcoming Comet Lake S processors for desktops have leaked. The CPUs would all be hyperthreaded, where the most expensive i9 model contains 10 cores and 20 threads.
The two slides were shared by Argentine tech site Informatica Cero. The CPUs are probably based on Intel’s 14nm platform. The CPUs would all support hyperthreading, which seems to confirm previous rumors. Furthermore, all chips presumably support Wi-Fi 6 and dual-channel DDR4-2933 memory. Informatica Cero further states that the CPUs use socket LGA-1200, although this has not yet been confirmed according to the site. It is still unknown when Intel will officially announce the upcoming CPUs.
According to the slides, the most high-end CPU is the i9-10900K, with 10 cores and 20 threads. This chip would have a base clock of 3.7GHz and a turbo frequency of 5.1GHz on a single core. In addition, Intel would come up with a new boost technology called ‘Thermal Velocity Boost’. This would increase the maximum clock speed to 5.3GHz for single-threaded tasks. The slides also seem to show a turbo frequency of 4.9GHz for all cores at the same time. The CPU gets a TDP of 125W, while the non-overclockable i9-10900 chip has a TDP of 65W.
The i7-10700K gets 8 cores and 16 threads with a clock speed of 3.8GHz. The turbo frequency would be up to 5.1GHz for single-threaded workloads, with an all-core boost of 4.7GHz. The latest overclockable CPU is the i5-10600K with 6 cores and 12 threads. The base clock of this chip appears to be 4.1GHz with an all-core turbo frequency of 4.5GHz. Both chips get a TDP of 125W, while their non-overclockable variants both have a TDP of 65W.
According to the slides, the i3 models will all have 4 cores and 8 threads, something that has been suspected for some time. The fastest i3-10320 has a base clock of 3.8GHz and a turbo frequency of up to 4.6GHz, while the all-core turbo is up to 4.4GHz. The least fast model, the i3-10100, has a clock speed of 3.6GHz with a maximum turbo clock of 4.3GHz. The all-core boost with this model is 4.1GHz.
| Fashion model | cores/threads | Clock speed | Single Core Turbo | Max. Turbo Frequency | All core turbo | tdp | Overclockable |
| i9-10900K | 10/20 | 3.7GHz | 5.1GHz | 5.2GHz* | 4.9GHz | 125W | Yes |
| i7-10700K | 8/16 | 3.8GHz | 5.0GHz | 5.1GHz | 4.7GHz | 125W | Yes |
| i5-10600K | 6/12 | 4.1GHz | 4.8/4.9GHz | – | 4.5GHz | 125W | Yes |
| i9-10900 | 10/20 | 2.8GHz | 5.0GHz | – | 4.5GHz | 65W | No |
| i7-10700 | 8/16 | 2.9GHz | 4.7GHz | – | 4.6GHz | 65W | No |
| i5-10600 | 6/12 | 3.3GHz | 4.8GHz | – | 4.4GHz | 65W | No |
| i5-10500 | 6/12 | 3.1GHz | 4.5GHz | – | 4.2GHz | 65W | No |
| i5-10400 | 6/12 | 2.9GHz | 4.3GHz | – | 4.0GHz | 65W | No |
| i3-10320 | 4/8 | 3.8GHz | 4.6GHz | – | 4.4GHz | 65W | No |
| i3-10300 | 4/8 | 3.7GHz | 4.4GHz | – | 4.2GHz | 65W | No |
| i3-10100 | 4/8 | 3.6GHz | 4.3GHz | – | 4.1GHz | 65W | No |
*Thermal Velocity Boost increases this to 5.3GHz