Intel's 10th-generation Comet Lake S CPUs are just around the corner and after weeks of spec leaks and details breaking through the NDA barriers, we now have detailed pricing information to go along with it. As expected, Intel is looking to keep its next-gen chips as cost-competitive with AMD's Ryzen 3000 CPUs as it can, keeping everything well below $500, and making some of its cheaper CPUs impressively budget friendly.
The Comet Lake generation of CPUs isn't expected to reinvent the wheel. It's once again, another 14nm rehash of Intel's 2015 Skylake architecture that raises clock speeds by a few hundred megahertz and core counts by a little. It also introduces hyperthreading throughout the product stack, which is a nice touch.
AMD is expected to retain the multi-threading performance crown, but Intel will extend its gaming lead a little further with these chips. By how much, remains to be seen, but they will at least be cost competitive too.
At the top end, the Core i9-10900K will cost $488, with the 10900KF costing $472 — it's good to see Intel finally launching F-series CPUs with a lower price, not just doing it a few months later.
Other important chips in the lineup include the 10700K, at $374, and the 10600K at $237 — a great competitor for AMD's 3600X and 3600.
The 10400F will come in at just $157, making for a very attractive entry-level gaming chip, while the 10300 and 10100 will compete with AMD's new 3300X and 3100 Ryzen CPUs respectively, at $143 and $122.
These CPUs will launch tomorrow, on April 30.
