Intel i9 9900Ok CPU launch date, specs, value, and efficiency

There may not be lengthy to attend for the primary Intel eight-core CPU with Hyperthreading. Despite Intel protecting quiet concerning the chip’s existence, the i9 9900Ok has been everywhere in the web – promising to outperform even the purple crew’s most interesting AMD Ryzen 7 2700X.

And we will confidently count on Intel’s newest chip to launch actually quickly. No, we’ve not simply divined that from patterns of birds round our workplace, since benchmarks have begun flooding in from throughout the online it seems nearly sure that the i9 9900Ok is in its closing type and that Intel is gearing up for a launch. The benchmarks by no means lie.

Actually, benchmarks typically lie, however largely solely those that seem as skewed cell phone footage. They actually are the worst.

This isn’t the primary time Intel has taken the initiative to stay the i9 prefix onto considered one of its quickest chips. The cellular i9 8950HK has been obtainable for fairly a while, and the HEDT platform chips, Skylake X, have been rocking i9 for some time. But, the i9 9900Ok is the primary LGA 1151 appropriate i9 half players can pair with a full-size discrete GPU for the perfect gaming efficiency, and that’s fairly thrilling.

And that transfer to desktop i9 chips is all because of AMD. While Intel will nearly actually by no means admit it, AMD’s Ryzen chips have put the strain on its Core lineup, forcing it to deliver six-, and, subsequently, eight-core CPUs to market ASAP. Intel’s unwavering single-core efficiency and extra cores for multitasking? Sure, I’ll take it.

VITAL STATS

Intel i9 9900Ok launch date
Recent leaks point out the Intel i9 9900Ok might launch with a handful of different chips on October 1, 2018. This ought to coincide with the launch of recent Z390 motherboards, too.

Intel i9 9900Ok specs
The Intel i9 9900Ok will probably be an eight-core CPU that, because of Hyperthreading, will sport a whopping 16 threads. Boost clocks are anticipated within the 5GHz area whereas the bottom clock will probably be a extra modest 3.6GHz.

Intel i9 9900Ok pricing
Pricing hasn’t been confirmed but, nonetheless, it wouldn’t be all that stunning to see Intel value the i9 9900Ok nearer to $500 than $400. We are placing our cash proper down the center for a price ticket of $450.

Intel i9 9900Ok efficiency
The Intel i9 9900Ok is predicted to supply the most effective of the most effective relating to gaming and multitasking efficiency. Early benchmarks already present it blazing previous AMD’s Ryzen 7 2700X.

Intel i9 9900Ok launch date

We don’t have a sure launch date for Intel’s i9 9900Ok but, however the phrase on the road is the start of October will probably be once we see each the i9 9900Ok, i7 9900Ok, and i5 9600Ok launch.

This strains up with when the Z390 chipset, nearly actually supposed to maintain the eight-core chips firm, is predicted to launch, too. This chipset is predicted to launch on the 14nm course of node and brings with it some minor platform spec enhancements.

With benchmarks displaying up on-line at an alarming fee these previous couple of weeks, all indicators level towards a near-imminent i9 9900Ok launch. Some latest rumours speculate that can land on October 1, 2018.

With Intel at present struggling a reported 14nm manufacturing scarcity, doubtlessly 50% much less capability than the corporate wants to fulfill demand, we’d see one other ‘paper launch’ from Intel like we noticed with the vanguard Coffee Lake launch this time final yr.

Intel’s 14nm course of is at present in a little bit of a jam, and that’s led to reported shortages of Xeons, cancelled chipsets, and even rumours the corporate was contemplating outsourcing some manufacturing to rivals TSMC. Intel has firmly rebuffed these claims, however, to make use of an typically overused idiom, the place there’s smoke, there’s fireplace.

Intel i9 9900Ok specs

Not all that a lot is formally recognized concerning the i9 9900Ok – we all know they exist however that’s about it – however that doesn’t imply we don’t have some juicy particulars to titillate our unquenchable want for moar efficiency.

The i9 9900Ok is an eight-core / 16-thread CPU. It will function the identical LGA 1151 socket help as Coffee Lake, and meaning it’s going to be backwards appropriate with older Coffee Lake 300-series motherboards, together with the most recent Z390 motherboards. Unfortunately, that also means neither this CPU, or any of the brand new Coffee Lake Refresh chips, will probably be appropriate with 100- or 200-series motherboards – however that’s hardly stunning.

As for clock speeds, among the most in-depth leaks point out we will count on a single core turbo of 5GHz, up from a base clock of a extra modest 3.6GHz. Back when Coffee Lake first launched, some motherboards ran the six-core i7 8700Ok at its single core enhance pace throughout all cores. Whether or not that would be the case with the i9 9900Ok is but to be seen, however it appears probably a 5GHz overclock throughout all cores will probably be probably.

As for TDP, the identical leak signifies a 95W TDP. That’s fairly low, in reality, it’s similar to the i7 8700Ok, and quite a bit lower than the eight-core i7 7820X – rated at 140W. But, contemplating TDP is extra of a advice than a rule, it’s not that stunning for it to fall throughout the identical 95W TDP restrict widespread throughout all the high Ok-series mainstream chips.

Intel i9 9900Ok pricing

The six-core i7 8700Ok is at present round $360 and the octa-core Ryzen 7 2700X priced close to sufficient at $320, we will be fairly positive Intel isn’t going to have the ability to match AMD’s pricing for octa-core chips.

A list, since taken down, on a Canadian etailer’s website had put the Intel i9 9900Ok at roughly $520 USD (as soon as the change fee shakes out). That’s in all probability fairly a bit greater than what Intel will truly value this chip within the US, so we will count on a value someplace within the area of $450.

The i7 9700Ok was anticipated to drop within the ballpark of $400, so someplace in between $400 and $500 lies the true MSRP. We count on Intel to go just a little greater with our estimate, but when Chipzilla really desires to compete with AMD’s Ryzen chips on value/efficiency, the value must be nearer to $400, if not under.

It wouldn’t be all too stunning for AMD to launch its Ryzen 7 2800X CPU in rebuttal, nonetheless. Intel could be sensible to not give AMD an excessive amount of area to manoeuvre with its pricing of this chip – if it does actually exist, in fact.

Intel i9 9900Ok Performance

With eight of Intel’s finest cores, and Hyperthreading besides, the i9 9900Ok goes to simply dominate the gaming CPU leaderboards. Intel is commonly unchallenged on straight single core efficiency, however with much more silicon packed underneath than IHS, it’s set to be an unstoppable power.

Avid leaker and scourer of benchmarking databases, TUM APISAK, not too long ago posted a i9 9900Ok 3DMark TimeSpy entry on Twitter. The i9 9900Ok, working at what look to be inventory clocks, manages a CPU results of 10,916. That’s roughly 2,000 factors greater than AMD’s Ryzen 2700X at inventory.

But with an overclock of what seems like 4.8GHz throughout the board, the i9 9900Ok scores 11,459. That’s significantly higher than even an overclocked Ryzen 7 2700X.

All that efficiency received’t probably scale equally in games, nonetheless. But for those who’re on the lookout for streaming, recording, or severe Chrome utilization whereas gaming, these further cores and threads ought to turn out to be useful.