Got around to posting some benchmarks of the i9 11900K!
First let’s dive into the specs, this is an 8 core 16 thread CPU, a downgrade in that aspect from the CPU of prior the 10900K which has 10 cores and 20 threads. It is still on a 14nm node with a base clock of 3.5GHz and single core boost of up to 5.3GHz, although that will depend on the cooler and it never hit that in my tests. One of the main upgrades are the 20 lanes of PCIe 4.0 from the CPU and native support for 3200MHz ram (but if u have a K series, you’re probably using XMP already) as well as a greatly improved integrated GPU amongst other things. The CPU is compatible with both Z490 and Z590 motherboards. Z590 having 3 native USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 ports (20Gbps Type-C) and x8 DMI Link to the chipset compare to x4 on Z490, meaning you can use 2 M.2 SSDs drives at full speed (11th gen CPU only)
If you're thinking about running 2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe drives and wondering if there are any sacrifices having your GPU run at x8, keep in mind PCIe 4.0 x8 is the same throughput PCIe 3.0 x16. I ran these games to see if there was any noticeable difference between the 2 and while there was something it was very minor.
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At a suggested price of $539 although current prices from retailers do seem a little higher. It is kind of a jump from the 5800X at $449 MSRP. Based on what I’ve seen it does trade blows with the 5800X, but for the most part the 5800X does stray ahead, however in some instances the 11900K can beat even the higher end Ryzen CPU’s in where I assume single core improvements may come in to play. Now these are just my opinions of course, I’d recommend the 11900K if you’re really itching from an upgrade from a 9900K or older but for the 10900K so far it doesn’t seem like that much of an upgrade it’s more of a sidegrade if that’s even a word.
There is clearly improvements in single core from last gen but it will still get beat on multithreaded applications and unless you really need PCIe 4.0 I would personally keep that chip (10900K) for now. If u need a higher core count the Ryzen CPU’s seem to becoming more available lately. It really depends down to personal use case. You could also get a 5900X with 12 cores at roughly the same cost and the motherboards do seem a bit cheaper than the current Z590 offerings, however this is by no means a bad chip and I mean having more options is not a bad thing. Plus If your into tinkering with settings and like overclocking, with a decent cooler this CPU seems like it can be pushed very far, which I can't wait to try out! That'll close the gap in tests and unlock some extra gains. Also, one of the big advantages is the integrated GPU which in current times where GPU’s are hard to come across if the performance is as good as they claim, it could be a good tool to tie you over. I’ve also used the integrated GPU’s quite a lot in the past for diagnosing hardware and in between GPU upgrades.
Definitely check out other reviews too as they will do more in depth testing with any proper updates and drivers. Also I didn’t really cover gaming benchmarks, well barely and intel is claiming to be amongst the highest performers so I'm interested to see how it compares to the other chips! I believe the reviews are coming out the same day as launch.
