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An early ES Chip of the Rocket Lake i9-11900 CPU with 1.8 GHz Clocks has been tested on the Z490 Platform. The processor is a very early engineering sample that has been tested on the Intel 400-series board platform (which more or less confirms that 11th Gen CPUs will be backward compatible on existing LGA 1200 socket motherboards). This particular chip, the Core i9-11900 is the lower TDP variation of the Core i9-11900K; It features 8 cores, 16 threads and will feature clock speeds rated at 1.8 GHz base, 4.4 GHz boost (1-core), and 3.8 GHz (all-core boost). IPC Gains are looking promising for 11th Gen based on these leaks. Source 1: https://wccftech.com/intel-core-i9-11900-8-core-rocket-lake-desktop-cpu-benchmarks-leak-out/ Source 2: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/11900k-engineering-sample-cpu-z Rocket Lake is starting to look more promising with every leak, IMO. Looking at the numbers, and doing some quick napkin math: with a small 9% clock speed bump (from 4.4GHz to 4.8GHz) simulating the i9-11900k, the Rocket Lake chip goes from 582 to 635 points; making the Rocket Lake chip 8.8% faster compared to the Comet Lake i9-10900k (but with 9.4% slower/lower clocks). If we push the clocks on the i9-11900 to the "expected" 5.3GHz mark (of the k variant), bringing clock speed parity between it and the 10th Gen i9-10900k Comet Lake Chip. We now have a score in the 701 point range, making it nearly 20% faster than Comet Lake (10th Gen) clock for clock. Showing solid IPC gains with the 11th Gen Rocket Lake CPUs. Now obviously it is best to wait until launch to see if these results can be confirmed by independent reviews. So as always, and especially being that the source is WCCFTech; take this information with a grain of salt and remain skeptical until Q1 of 2021 (when launch for 11th Gen Rocket Lake is supposed to occur). Interesting update (Ashes of the Singularity / AoTS i7-11700KF Benchmark Leak): Source 3 Source 4 Source 5 A few more updates to this story ~ Intel Core i9-11900 Rocket Lake-S Sample tested on B560 motherboard Source 6: https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-i9-11900-rocket-lake-s-engineering-sample-tested-on-b560-motherboard Source 7: https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/rocket-lake-s-processors-likely-have-similar-pl2-states-as-10th-gen-intel-core-i9-11900-rocket-lake-s-leak.html Intel Core i9-11900K, Core i9-11900, and Core i7-11700 engineering samples emerge Source 8: https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-rocket-lake-core-i9-11900k-i9-11900-i7-11700-engineering-sample-cpu-z-screenshots-leak Another nice Rocket Lake update ~ Intel Rocket Lake Core i9-11900K outperforms Ryzen 9 5950X in leaked Ashes benchmark. Intel could steal back its gaming performance crown from AMD, according to the leaked benchmark. Source 9: https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-Intel-Core-i9-11900K-beats-the-Ryzen-9-5950X-in-new-Ashes-of-the-Singularity-benchmarks.509533.0.html Source 10: https://www.techradar.com/news/intel-could-steal-back-its-gaming-performance-crown-from-amd-according-to-leaked-benchmark Minor update ~ Geekbench i7-11700k Benchmark Result on Z490 AORUS MASTER Source 11: https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/5567437 Source 12: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Short-lived-happiness-for-Zen-3-Intel-Rocket-Lake-S-Core-i9-11900-QS-up-to-7-lead-over-the-Ryzen-7-5800X-and-up-to-33-over-the-Core-i9-10900K-Core-i9-11900-ES2-similar-to-9900K-10700K.512255.0.html As a reference here are some recent Ryzen 7 5800X results in the same benchmark. After looking through a decent amount of them, I would say at worst it is a tie between the 5800X and 11700k, at best the 11700k is slightly ahead on average. A few smallish updates ~ Intel Core i9-11900K Rocket Lake-S Already Pushed To 5.2GHz All-Core Overclock: Source 13: https://hothardware.com/news/intel-core-i9-11900k-rocket-lake-s-52ghz-all-core-overclock Rocket Lake Engineering Samples Benchmarked Against Zen 3: Source 14: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/rocket-lake-engineering-samples-benchmarked Source 15: https://www.chiphell.com/thread-2290061-1-1.html 11th Gen Intel i9-11900k Cinebench R15 Run: Source 16: https://twitter.com/9550pro/status/1346487195096367104 Fun update to this thread ~ Intel's new Rocket Lake-S processor has been pushed to 6.9GHz using LN2 cooling and RAM clocked to 6666.66MHz: A mysterious Intel Rocket Lake-S processor has been overclocked to an incredible rate of 6.923 GHz with the help of plenty of liquid nitrogen and probably a Gigabyte Z590 Aorus motherboard. A couple of video clips of the feat have been posted online, which also reveal the RAM speeding along at a more than devilish 6,666 MHz. An Intel Rocket Lake-S CPU with 8 cores and 16 threads has recently surfaced in an overclocking video (this processor should either be the Core i9-11900K or the Core i7-11700K), being pushed to 6.923 GHz operating frequency, as showcased via a CPU-Z screen-grabbed from the video. It can be seen from the CPU-Z that the overclocked CPU at 6.9 GHz supports instruction sets not available to Intel's current lineup of desktop CPUs, but that will be supported by Rocket Lake-S: namely, SHA and AVX512F. Likewise, the cache sizes correspond to the expected changes for Intel's Rocket Lake-S. The overclocked CPU was paired with overclocked DDR4 memory as well, which was brought up to 6,666 MHz, buoyed by a crispy 1.830 V. Motherboard information is scarce, but it's speculated that it's a Gigabyte Z590 Aorus motherboard. VHVvwHRlx2kfjPck.mp4 vkZHlHLNl8sMjyq2.mp4 Source 17: https://www.eteknix.com/intel-rocket-lake-s-cpu-already-overclocked-6-9ghz Source 18: https://www.techpowerup.com/276955/intel-rocket-lake-s-cpu-pushed-to-6-9-ghz-on-ln2 Source 19: https://www.techradar.com/news/overclockers-push-intel-rocket-lake-s-processor-to-69ghz Source 20: https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-rocket-lake-s-cpu-overclocked-to-6-9-ghz-using-liquid-nitrogen Source 21: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-11th-gen-rocket-lake-s-cpu-overclocked-69ghz-liquid-nitrogen Source 22: https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/joao-silva/intel-rocket-lake-s-8-core-cpu-overclocked-to-6-9ghz-using-ln2 Source 23: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/77203/intels-next-gen-rocket-lake-pushed-to-6-9ghz-with-ln2-cooling/index.html Source 24: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Overclocked-Intel-Rocket-Lake-S-processor-flies-past-6-9-GHz-using-a-likely-Gigabyte-Z590-Aorus-motherboard-while-the-RAM-hits-a-beyond-diabolical-6-666-MHz.514081.0.html Here's a pricing update to this story (something everyone was hoping to hear, better pricing than last gen) ~ Pricing for Intel's upcoming Rocket Lake-S series of desktop processors has recently been leaked by European etailer computer stores. The SKUs that were listed by the retailer(s) include the high-end Rocket Lake-S and entry-level Comet Lake-Refresh processors. Core i9-11900K to cost € 600: Source 25: https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/intel-rocket-lake-s-prices-surface-at-european-etailers-i9-11900k-to-cost-€-600.html Source 26: https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-11th-gen-core-rocket-lake-s-cpus-prices-listed-by-multiple-retailers Source 27: https://www.techpowerup.com/277443/intel-rocket-lake-s-processors-european-pricing-leaked

While searching for a new cpu for my next pc build I stumbled upon a really cheap engineering sample intel i9 10900 (k, t and normal ones) for around 200-300 dollars which is almost half the price of an official brand spanking new in box version. Took a look at the reviews and people seem to be actually using these things reliably and with accurate clock speeds. Any opinions on this? P.S Found this on taobao, apparantly theres also i7 and i5 engineering samples and even some laptop chips turned desktop socketed chips, very interesting. I know linus has done videos on these but havent really found any 10 series i9 ones before.

Hi, I have a Radeo 6800XT, it is an engineering sample. I am unsure if this would make the graphics card worth more in any way, and I would like to know. If linus wants it I would also be happy to let him borrow it for a little.

Summary Chinese PC enthusiast Extreme Player, with access to a Core i9-13900K engineering sample (ES), tested the chip on a handful synthetic tests; with the processor yielding significant performance gains over its predecessor, the i9-12900K. The most striking performance number has to be the CPU-Z Bench single-core test, which shows an impressive 9.41% increase over that of the i9-12900K. The multi-threaded CPU-Z Bench sees an incredible 46.34% performance increase. The story repeats with Cinebench R23, with an incredible 13.53% single-thread performance increase, and a 40.25% multi-threaded performance increase. Quotes My thoughts I'm happy to see that this chip is already running @ 5.5GHz, with boosts topping @ 5.7GHz. Meaning there's a possibility of a 13900KS SKU in the future that possibly does 6GHz. Problem is, with Intel's own XTU tool it hit 100C peak temperature and as a result, began throttling; this is even with a 360mm AIO CLC cooler. So it's clearly going to be hard to tame this beast, especially if they plan to increase the clocks even further in future SKUs. From the main chart with all the different tests though, you can clearly see the 13900k winning handily at every test. Zen 4 is definitely going to have its work cut out for it. Sources https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-i9-13900k-pre-production-sample-tested-10-faster-than-core-i9-12900k-in-single-core-tests https://www.tweaktown.com/news/87385/intel-core-i9-13900k-pre-production-cpu-has-been-fully-reviewed/index.html https://www.techpowerup.com/296815/intel-raptor-lake-es-posts-9-4-higher-single-core-performance-than-alder-lake https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/intel-raptor-lake-es-is-9-faster-in-single-core-performance-over-alder-lake.html https://hothardware.com/news/13900k-beats-12900k-in-single-core Small update to this story, gaming benchmarks added ~ Summary Intel i9-13900K "Raptor Lake" ES Improves Gaming Minimum Framerates by 11-27% Over "Alder Lake" i9-12900KF. The processor has been tested by Bilibili techtuber "Extreme Player" in a number of games, including Horizon-Zero Dawn, Red Dead Redemption 2, FarCry 6, Forza Horizon 5, Monster Hunter: Rise and PUBG. There are also benchmarks for Final Fantasy Endwalker, CSGO and 3DMark Timespy and Firestrike tests. Quotes My thoughts Some sizeable gains in certain games, but most importantly there's quite a large improvement with minimums; especially at 1080p and 1440p. Meaning frametimes with this CPU are probably really good. Makes sense that AMD rumors have them releasing the 3D V-Cache parts sooner rather than later if these numbers are anything to go by. Sources https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/minimum-framerates-of-games-evaluated-on-an-engineering-sample-of-intels-core-i9-13900k-have-improved.html https://www.techpowerup.com/296928/intel-i9-13900k-raptor-lake-es-improves-gaming-minimum-framerates-by-11-27-over-i9-12900kf https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-i9-13900k-engineering-sample-tested-in-games-shows-improvement-in-minimum-framerate https://www.tomshardware.com/news/core-i9-13900k-outperform-core-i9-12900k-by-5-percent-in-early-gaming-benchmarks Another small update to this story, CPU-Z benchmarks added ~ Summary An alleged engineering sample of the Core i9-13900K 'Raptor Lake' CPU has emerged over at CPU-Z Validation website database, spotted by Twitter leaker @TUM_APISAK. Quotes My thoughts Since this is on a DDR4 motherboard and is being paired with slow 2666MHz DDR4, I would say the results are pretty spectacular as it's not even 3200MHz or 3600MHz DDR4 that they are using here (the usual sweet spots for DDR4). Let alone DDR5 (which definitely will benefit the platform). It's also on Windows 10, which can prove to be slower compared to Windows 11 on Alder Lake and also probably Raptor Lake. The sample in its current state is faster than a 24c/48t Threadripper 2970WX. This is with all the caveats in place (the slow DDR4, Windows 10, etc.). Also, there have been 13900k engineering samples that are going up to 5.5GHz, with dual cores boosting to 5.8GHz. While here this sample is locked to 5.0GHz. Meaning again another variable to add to the equation of further improvements being able to be made with final silicon. The only downfall I see here, is again the CPU was hitting 100°C, meaning cooling this beast is going to be difficult. Sources https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-i9-13900k-24-core-processor-spotted-on-cpu-z-validator-website-along-with-slow-ddr4-memory https://www.techpowerup.com/297036/intel-raptor-lake-es-cpu-visits-cpu-z-database

Summary A purported Core i9-13900 engineering sample (ES) that's in the wild has been put through its paces over at Expreview against a Core i9-12900k. However, this particular engineering sample (ES) is a bit of a turtle concerning clock speeds. Thus, to get some meaningful data out of this hardware, EXP Review compared the ES against an Intel Alder Lake Core i9-12900K at the same frequencies. According to Expreview, the 13th gen CPU is on average around 20 percent faster than the 12th gen CPU. Quotes My thoughts A welcomed showing by the Raptor Lake i9-13900 on an unoptimized platform. Once there's optimizations, more mature drivers, and putting the chip into a 700 series motherboard (or BIOS update on Z690 board) could all meld together to push the discrepancy between it and previous Gen even further when Raptor Lake finally launches. It should also be noted that Raptor Lake is rumored to have much higher frequencies than Alder Lake. Therefore, despite a decent showing by the Engineering Sample here, the final product will look much more polished (these clock speeds are excruciatingly slow). It seems there needs to be some work done on the gaming side, but that is to be expected. Most of the disparities are within margin of error and it's possible that the limited clock speeds are holding back the Raptor Lake CPU in this area. Sources https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-raptor-lake-es-cpu-tested-three-months-ahead-of-launch-20-faster-than-alder-lake-in-multi-threaded-tests https://wccftech.com/intel-raptor-lake-core-i9-13900-es-cpu-benchmarks-leak-out-20-faster-than-core-i9-12900k-in-multi-threading/ https://www.guru3d.com/news_story/the_13th_generation_raptor_lake_es_cpu_from_intel_is_benchmarked.html https://www.techpowerup.com/296157/intels-13th-gen-raptor-lake-es-cpu-gets-benchmarked https://hothardware.com/news/intel-13th-gen-core-i9-13900-raptor-lake-cpu-breaks-cover https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-raptor-lake-engineering-sample-benchmarks https://www.expreview.com/83801.html

Summary SiSoftware published a preview of what to expect from the upcoming Core i9-13900 Raptor Lake-S CPU. They present an overview of a few benchmarks. The Intel Core i9-13900 ES CPU is up to 50% faster than the Intel Core i9-12900 and AMD Ryzen 9 5900X at only 3.7GHz in select workloads. Quotes My thoughts This is a nice showing for Raptor Lake at its ES clocks, because even if they only can muster 12900KS clocks and the 5.8GHz purported clocks are not accurate; that's still nearly a 50% uptick in clock speed left on the table compared to these current Engineering Sample clocks. In heavily vectorized workloads, the Raptor Lake part delivers less impressive performance gains, and still loses to the 5900X by a decent margin; while Zen 4 will increase this margin if AVX512 support is considered. In benchmarks like Cinebench, and gaming, Raptor Lake should perform exceptionally well, but that obviously does not tell the whole story. Zen 4 vs Raptor Lake is definitely shaping up to be the battle everyone expected. Sources https://wccftech.com/intel-raptor-lake-core-i9-13900-es-cpu-up-to-50-percent-faster-than-alder-lake-core-i9-12900-leaked-benchmarks/ https://videocardz.com/newz/performance-preview-of-intel-core-i9-13900-with-24-cores-has-been-published-by-sisoftware https://www.overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/intel_s_raptor_lake_i9-13900_has_been_previewed_by_sisoftware/1 https://www.pcgamer.com/intels-next-gen-raptor-lake-doubles-cache-sizes-and-matches-amds-zen-4-thread-count/ https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/sisoftware-sandra-database-scores-for-intel-core-i9-13900-raptor-lake-s.html https://www.techspot.com/news/94919-preview-core-i9-13900-engineering-sample-performance-looks.html https://www.techpowerup.com/295795/intel-core-i9-13900-raptor-lake-processor-gets-a-preview https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-raptor-lake-benchmark-sisoftware https://www.pcgamesn.com/intel/raptor-lake-performance-vs-alder-lake

Some days ago, I ask Linus to borrow his Larrabee GPU. Now I got some news. I test 4 hours, and made Larrabee can work. Although it just show 'Microsoft display adapter' in the Windows(Because I also doesn't have drive) . But, other player's Larrabee just shows 'Unkonw device' in the Windows System. But this Larrabee can show 'Microsoft display adapter', it can be recognized as a graphics card in the Windows System！！ This Larrabee may be the only other player in the world that can be recognized as a graphics card. (By the way, it is work ,but its buzzer will always sound, like '—.—' one long one short one long. [My test motherboard：Gigabyte-Z78X-UD5H（But you also need put HDMI or DP in motherboard, Larrabee can't used alone like P106 GPU）] Bilibili：结城安穗（YuuKi-AnS） Bilibili Link：https://space.bilibili.com/66644159

I've been undertaking the task of building myself a dual Xeon workstation for school, work, and personal projects, such as CAD, editing, etc. I bought 2650v2's under the guise the were production samples, but they're ES, luckily, I paid less than what I'd pay for two 2670 production samples. The current BIOS does not support ES processors, and I'm curious if anyone has access to an older BIOS for the X9DRi-LN4F+, or is able to mod the BIOS itself into allowing ES chips? BIOS download attached below: X9DR3P5_304.zip

I was looking on ebay for some new server hardware for my home. I came across Engineering Samples of Skylake Xeon Gold Scalable 6138 and 6148s anywhere from $150-300. Are these CPUs okay for home or lab use? Is there anything wrong with them? Thanks

I bought a xps 15 from a guy on offerup. The laptop is great. It is powerful and slim but I have a few problems with it. First of all, Dell doesn't recognize the laptop. When I put the Service tag or the express number, it doesn't find a device. In addition, on the support app, it can't find my warranty either. The weirdest problem is that the laptop shows that It has CPU0000. Could it be that maybe I found an engineering sample of the laptop?

So I was able to find an "Engineering Sample" Intel 9260NGW wifi card online. It's a bit cheaper than other similar cards, and mostly seems the same. I'm running a Z170m Mortar (Updated BIOS) with built-in slot for these types of wifi cards, and I was wondering if it would be usable or recommended. I have attached photos, any recommendations, or has anyone ever seen these before? Thanks

So, this question might have been asked very often, but I still haven't found an actual answer. Is it worth buying an engineering sample CPU off of ebay? I've seen a nice 9900@4.40GHz for 290$ with free shipping. (https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.de%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F153792563829) Also, would the MSI Z390 Gaming Plus support this chip? I don't really plan on overclocking (I heard they OC better so I might try it), but I'll surely lock all cores to 4.40GHz in throttlestop. Now, by looking at performance, I know it's basically a 9900T eating up 65W instead of 35W, but it still costs less than a 9900T.

I saw a listing of Intel Xeon E5-2699 V4 engineering samples on ebay with A1 stepping. I never bought ES cpus. Does any one have some experience with ES cpus and is it worth the risk? By the way I'm planning on getting two of these for an office workstation for scientific simulation purposes. So nothing critical and if a simulation crashes every now and then, not a big deal.