Intel Core i9-11900K Review
Is Intel's new Core i9-11900K
desktop CPU, which costs $539, composed of silicon? Of course, it is. Does this imply that it will be difficult to find at Intel's suggested cost in 2021? It's very plausible. These days, the desire for high-end component hardware is essentially baked in. As a result, the Core i9-11900K, Intel's current flagship CPU and the flagship in its 11th Generation "Rocket Lake" range, should do well. But it's not the rabbit that the chipmaker needs to pull out of its hat after lagging AMD in CPU innovation and sheer performance for a few years. It's a lackluster performance at a time when true magic is required to shift the CPU discourse.
While the Core i9-11900K performed admirably in single-threaded activities, it ran too hot, consumed too much power, and was not reliable enough under stress to compete with AMD's Ryzen desktop-CPU options.
or even Intel's own previous-generation CPUs, such as the Core i9-10900K, the 10th Generation Core flagship. When benchmarked on a similarly configured prebuilt MSI desktop, the eight-core, somewhat cheaper AMD Ryzen 7 5800X shows to be stiff competition for Intel on both single-core and multicore activities, while the cheaper Intel Core i7-11700K, also with eight cores, rivaled our test sample. The slightly better single-core boost under specific thermal scenarios, which is exclusive to the Core i9-11900K, will not be enough to convince most buyers to choose this chip over other options with the same core count on the market, though this dynamic may shift more in the Core i9's favor as Z590 motherboards gain more stability with it over the next few weeks and months.
