Comet lake

In Baidu's Chinese forums, images have been confirmed confirming Comet Lake-S's 'F' models, the 10th generation of Intel Core processors. The 'F' series models will apparently be three, led by the i9-10900KF.

Comet Lake-S, three 'F' series i9 models discovered with iGPU disabled

As a quick upgrade, Intel's F-series desktop processors come with integrated graphics turned off. These models debuted with Coffee Lake last year in the wake of the company's 14nm shortage.

Preliminary information tells us that the processors are compatible with the DDR4-3200, as opposed to the DDR4-2933 from the Intel slides. It also mentions an unpublished Core i3-10350K overclockable so far.

The F series will allegedly consist of three i9 models. The i9-10900KF has a listed 105W TDP with 3.4-5.2GHz base / boost clocks, so it has a lower TDP than the normal 'no-F' model. Meanwhile, the non-K model drops those frequencies by 100-200MHz while the TDP drops to 95W. Third, we have the i9-10800F with a 2.7GHz base clock and a 5GHz turbo within its 65W TDP.

We recently learned that Intel has been raising the maximum TDP to 125W for its top-of-the-range processors in the 10th generation Comet Lake-S, in an attempt to gain performance at the cost of higher clock speeds, squeezing out the 14nm process node. the maximum possible.

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We will possibly see these processors and the entire lineup at CES 2020, so we will soon know if these rumors have a hold. We will keep you informed.

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