Intel Core i9-10910 vs AMD E1-1200

Intel Core i9-10910

The Intel Core i9-10910 is a high-end processor for desktops with ten cores based on the Comet Lake architecture (CML-S, 4th generation of Skylake). The processor clocks at between 3.6 and 5.0 GHz (all 10 cores up to 4.6 GHz) and can execute up to twenty threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper-Threading. The 5.0 GHz can be only achieved below 70°C core temperature (Thermal Velocity Boost of 100 MHz).

The processor is still manufactured in the old 14nm (14nm++) process. Compared to the predecessor, the Core i9-9900K, the 10900K offers increased clock speeds and two more cores.

The Comet Lake architecture is similar to Coffee Lake and offers the same features and is produced in the same 14nm process. Other than the improved clock rates, the memory controller now also supports faster DDR4-2933 RAM. More information on Comet Lake and all the models and articles on it can be found here.

Performance

Thanks to the high Turbo Boost, the CPU is the fastest gaming CPU available at the time of announcement. Using all cores, the i9 however is slower than the top Ryzen CPUs (like the Ryzen 9 3950X) which offer more cores.

Graphics

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 iGPU is supposed to offer a similar performance as the UHD630 in the Core i7-9900K. As a  low-end solution it will only run current games smoothly at reduced details - if at all.

Power Consumption

Intel specifies the TDP with 125 Watts (PL1) but under full load up to 250 Watt are consumed (PL2). In default mode these 250 Watt and therefore high clock speeds can be maintained for up to 56 seconds, however, all boards offer the option to alter these settings.

AMD E1-1200

The AMD E1-1200 (codename Zacate, not to be confused with the Ryzen 3 1200 from 2017) is a dual-core processor for small notebooks and netbooks. It is produced on a 40 nm process and offers a relatively powerful integrated GPU and a single channel DDR3-1066 memory controller. Compared to the older E-300, which is based on the same chip, the E1-1200 offers a 100 MHz higher CPU clock rate.

The E1-1200 has two Bobcat cores running at 1.4 GHz (no Boost here) that can access 512 KB of L2 cache per core. In comparison to the Atom processors, the Bobcat architecture uses an "out-of-order" execution and is therefore faster at the same clock speed.

The integrated Radeon HD 7310 GPU offers 80 shaders and an UVD3 video decoder. Compared to the slow GMA 3150 in the Atom processors, an HD 7310 offers a lot more performance and is about as fast as the Nvidia ION graphics solution. The HD 7310's clock rate is 500 MHz to be very similar to the HD 6310 (488 - 500 MHz depending on the APU).

Performance

The average E1-1200 in our database is in the same league as the Celeron N2807 and the AMD E-300, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is an outrageously slow chip, as of mid 2022.

Power consumption

This E-series APU has a default TDP of 18 W, meaning an active cooling solution is pretty much a must.

The AMD E1-1200 is built with a 40 nm process for very, very, very low, as of 2022, energy efficiency.