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Rumored to be launching as early as next month (March 2021), Intel’s latest flagship Core i9-11900K CPU has enthusiasts excited with it’s expected performance figures.
Thanks to a post on Twitter courtesy of Intel’s Chief Performance Strategist Ryan Shrout there is now the first official benchmark showing a glimpse of the new chip’s performance compared to it’s primary rival the AMD 16-core Zen 3-based Ryzen 9 5950X.
While this is only an example of one particular benchmark, PCIe Gen 4 storage performance, and not all-around overall performance, it still provides an important win for Intel in the high-end CPU market where rival AMD has pulled ahead in recent years particularly for high-end gaming streamers that run multiple apps simultaneously as well as video content creators where the AMD’s additional cores provide it an edge in power over similarly priced Intel chips.
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Previously Intel long held the crown in the high end CPU market while AMD was more of a budget oriented option. That all changed in recent years with AMD flexing their multi-core muscle with chips that rival or exceed their similarly priced Intel competition at the flagship level of CPU’s.
Stay tuned for further updates and benchmarks as the Core i9-11900K gets fully benchmarked and the battle heats up between Intel and AMD.
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