CPU Intel 10th Gen binning and overclockability (Testing by MSI)

[AlexTSG]

There's an interesting article up on Videocardz based on a live stream by MSI.

MSI tested the batch of i5, i7, and i9 CPUs they received from Intel and have showed the results of their testing regarding overclockability, power consumption, VRM temps, etc.

Here's the article for the highlights:

https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-discusses-intel-comet-lake-s-processors-binning-and-overclockability

and the MSI live stream on YouTube, if you have 3 hours to spare:


I'm a little surprised that almost a third of the CPUs are "below standard". Looks like the i9-10900 are your best bet by a large margin if you plan to overclock.

 

[tinyitx]

Another article:-

MSI Shares Fascinating Insights Into "Comet Lake" Binning

MSI in its weekly "MSI Insider" livestream shared fascinating insights into the way Intel appears to be sorting out its "Comet Lake" silicon across the various brand extensions of its 10th generation Core desktop processors. Its tech leads Eric Van Beurden and Michiel Berkhout spoke at length...

www.techpowerup.com

That is just binning. I think it makes sense that buying an i9-10900 has a higher chance of landing a 'golden' chip as a higher model is more likely to be overclocked by a buyer than a lower model.