While the Core i7-10700K sample tested in early December failed to average the Ryzen 7 5800X on average, and especially in multi-core performance, it appeared to be a strong competitor to the Ryzen 7 3800X than the current generation, another test shows a much stronger position. The newer result brings a 10% higher single-core performance compared to the older one (see the shaded lines in the graphs). Compared to the Ryzen 7 5800X, it comes out 8% faster:
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In multi-core performance, the new Core i7-10700K results are 9% higher and the Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms by 3%.
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However, the crucial question remains how Intel was able to increase the performance of the Core i7-10700K by 9-10% in a few weeks. It is a model with a basic clock of 3.6 GHz and a boost of 5.0 GHz. There are two possibilities. Either Intel managed to extract some performance reserves with the new sample, which so far hampered the architecture (de facto there was an increase in IPC compared to previous samples and mobile models Ice Lake), or a new sample (regardless of official beats) ran at higher frequencies / overclocked.
If time shows that Rocket Lake achieves this performance at the factory clock and in a wider range of applications, the position of this generation will be significantly better than it has appeared so far.
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