Intel Core i7-10700 vs Core i7-10700K Review: Is 65W Comet Lake an Option?
by Dr. Ian Cutress on January 21, 2021 10:30 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- Intel
- Core i7
- Z490
- 10th Gen Core
- Comet Lake
- i7-10700K
- i7-10700
Gaming Tests: Chernobylite
Despite the advent of recent TV shows like Chernobyl, recreating the situation revolving around the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the concept of nuclear fallout and the town of Pripyat have been popular settings for a number of games – mostly first person shooters. Chernobylite is an indie title that plays on a science-fiction survival horror experience and uses a 3D-scanned recreation of the real Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. It involves challenging combat, a mix of free exploration with crafting and non-linear story telling. While still in early access, it is already picking up plenty of awards.
I picked up Chernobylite while still in early access, and was impressed by its in-game benchmark, showcasing complex building structure with plenty of trees and structures where aliasing becomes important. The in-game benchmark is an on-rails experience through the scenery, covering both indoor and outdoor scenes – it ends up being very CPU limited in the way it is designed. We have taken an offline version of Chernobylite to use in our tests, and we are testing the following settings combinations:
- 360p Low, 1440p Low, 4K Low, 1080p Max
We do as many runs within 10 minutes per resolution/setting combination, and then take averages.
| AnandTech | Low Resolution Low Quality |
Medium Resolution Low Quality |
High Resolution Low Quality |
Medium Resolution Max Quality |
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All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
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Samus - Friday, January 22, 2021 - link
I don't think ANYONE actually wants to see the numbers for these chips at 65W :)Spunjji - Monday, January 25, 2021 - link
I love a good laugh!iAPX - Saturday, January 23, 2021 - link
I totally agree, a 5600X and a 10700 on their 65W TDP, and their maximum performance, to gives a baseline of what performance-level is WARRANTED by their makers.etal2 - Thursday, January 21, 2021 - link
Setting the limits in the bios is very nice and all but without the voltage regulation and thermal capacity they can not sustain this performance for very long regardless of the numbers set.I very much doubt that on the 60$ cheap 4 phase vrm boards the manufacturers set the limits very high, they will get fried boards within the warranty period and we know very well they can't have that.
Spunjji - Friday, January 22, 2021 - link
That would be nice to see. Perhaps an article showing which of a representative selection of processors provide the best performance at a given set of fairly common power levels (65W / 95W / 125W).Something for when Dr Cutress finds himself with infinite time and no impending deadlines 😅
u.of.ipod - Thursday, January 21, 2021 - link
So happy I waited patiently and got a Ryzen 5600x for my small form factor system. The fact it can hang with the i7's and only consumes 1/3 the peak power draw is great for heat output and playing nicely with SFX PSUs.Golgatha777 - Thursday, January 21, 2021 - link
And that's how you end up with graphs like this one.https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/i9W8M8HgGaTqRs4b...
Spunjji - Friday, January 22, 2021 - link
Oof.Samus - Friday, January 22, 2021 - link
Oof.magreen - Friday, January 22, 2021 - link
Pentium 4 Extreme Edition all over again