Intel Core i9-10900K 10-core Processor and Z490 Chipset Rumored to be released April 2020

Intel Gen 10 Comet Lake processors, based on Intel's 14nm process and an underlying microarchitecture that is Skylake is next year's desktop processor series from Intel. It makes a step towards 10-core processors with Intels Core i9-10900 that has 10C/20T fabbed at 14nm+++ and due for release in April, with a Z490 chipset.

Intel's next-generation Z490 chipset powered motherboards and 10th Gen Comet Lake-S CPUs are expected to arrive in April 2020. The news comes from HKPEC who has received details from industry insiders and is expecting the new chipset to bring a substantial update.

The release involves the next-gen processor line and their respective LGA1200 socket based chipsets. There is a pin count change and that this, of course, requires a new processor socket; meet socket LGA1200 as opposed to the current socket LGA1151. Likely current coolers can and will fit though. The new chipsets would be named H410, Q470, Z490, and W480. The Q470 and W480 chipsets would be aimed at embedded devices, H410 would become available for consumer motherboards as embedded,  however, of course, would not be pin-compatible with the W480 and Q470 chipsets. Z490 is likely to support the 'our thang' that fast, the furious and overclockable chips in that enthusiast range.

• Up To 10 processor cores for enhanced performance
• Up To 30 PCH-H High-Speed I/O lanes for port flexibility
• Up To 40 PCIe 3.0 Lanes (16 CPU, up to 24 PCH)
• Media & Display features for premium 4K content support
• Integrated + Discrete Intel Wireless-AC (Wi-Fi/BT CNVi) Support
• Intel Wi-Fi 6 (Gig+) Support
• Enhanced Core and memory overclock
• Integrated USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 (10 Gb/s) support
• Intel Rapid Storage Technology (Intel RST)
• Programmable (Open FW SDK) Quad-Core Audio DSP
• C10 & S0ix Support for Modern Standby

The new Intel processors will stick to 16 PCIe lanes and the slides do indicate that to be PCIe Gen 3.0, then another 24 lanes for the chipsets and inbetween a DMI 3.0 link, that would be a 4 lane interconnect. WCCFTech, who leaked the info you see below, indicates that Intel wants to introduce models with ten cores and twenty threads. The fastest Core i9 mentioned is handed out a handsome turbo of 5.1 GHz (that is a single core value). The base clock is 3.0 GHz. You'll notice in the tables below that the Core i7 models will have eight cores and 16 threads, and the i5 six cores with hyperthreading. What is interesting to observe is the relatively low TDP assigned to even the fastest parts, 65 Watts. 

	Core / thread	Base clock	Boost clock	L3 cache	TDP
Intel Core i9 10900K	10/20	?	?	20 MB	?
Intel Core i9 10900	10/20	3.0 GHz	5.1 GHz	20 MB	65W
Intel Core i9 10900T	10/20	2.0 GHz	4.5 GHz	20 MB	35W
Intel Core i7 10700K	8/16	?	?	16 MB	?
Intel Core i7 10700	8/16	3.0 GHz	4.8 GHz	16 MB	65W
Intel Core i7 10700T	8/16	2.0 GHz	4.4 GHz	16 MB	35W
Intel Core i5 10500K	6/12	?	?	12 MB	?
Intel Core i5 10500	6/12	3.2 GHz	4.3 GHz	12 MB	65W
Intel Core i5 10500T	6/ 12	2.3 GHz	3.7 GHz	12 MB	35W
Intel Core i3 10100K	4/8	?	?	8 MB	?
Intel Core i3 10100	4/8	3.2 GHz	3.8 GHz	8 MB	65W
Intel Core i3-10100T	4/8	2.3 GHz	3.6 GHz	8 MB	35W
Intel Pentium G6400	2/4	3.8 GHz	3.8 GHz	4 MB	65W
Intel Pentium G6400T	2/4	3.2 GHz	3.2 GHz	4 MB	35W
Intel Celeron G5900	2/2	3.2 GHz	3.2 GHz	2 MB	65W
Intel Celeron G5900T	2/2	3.0 GHz	3.0 GHz	2 MB	35W

Tables and slides courtesy of Wccftech.