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The Core i9-10900 is Intel's 10-core, 20-thread desktop chip for socket LGA 1200, built on the 14 nm Comet Lake design. It runs at 2.8 GHz base with Turbo up to 5.2 GHz on favored cores, carries 20 MB of L3 cache and a 65 W TDP, and includes UHD Graphics 630 so it can drive a display without a graphics card. It is locked, so there is no overclocking, and it sits below the unlocked i9-10900K. Against AMD's Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 9 3900X it trades multi-core lead for strong single-thread speed and integrated graphics, and reviewers rate it as a solid all-rounder rather than a value pick.
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Reviewers treat the i9-10900 as a capable but unexciting chip: fast in games and single-thread tasks, strong in multi-core work, but priced close to faster or cheaper rivals. Owners like the low heat and quiet operation of the 65 W part.
The Intel Core i9-10900 is a 10th Gen Comet Lake desktop processor with 10 cores and a 2.8 GHz clock speed. It fits Intel Socket 1200 (LGA 1200) motherboards and is built on a 14 nm process.
It has 20 MB of L3 cache and a 65W TDP. Intel UHD Graphics 630 is integrated. Turbo is supported, and Intel SpeedStep handles dynamic frequency scaling. This processor does not support overclocking.
It supports Intel VT-x, VT-d and EPT virtualization, and the instruction sets SSE4.2, SSE4.1, AVX2 and AES. It provides 16 PCI Express lanes and does not support ECC memory. It is sold as a boxed retail processor, model BX8070110900.
