Intel has officially announced price cuts for their 9th Gen Core series processors & also introduced their brand new 10th Gen X-Series and Xeon W-2200 series processors. This is the second big price drop that we have seen in a week coming from Intel who is now committed to striking AMD back by offering higher performance per dollar in all segments.
Intel Announces 9th Gen CPU Price Cuts, Also Formally Announces Xeon W-2200 Workstation and 10th Gen X-Series Enthusiast Processors
Today, Intel has announced that they will be offering a price cut on their entire 9th Gen Core CPUs that don't feature integrated GPUs. These include the 'KF' and 'F' series processors which launched back at Computex 2019. Till now, these processors were priced similarly to their brethren that did come with integrated graphics enabled, but Intel has decided that these parts do deserve a small price differentiation compared to the standard 9th Gen lineup.
As such, Intel is bringing down the price of eight SKUs which range from the top-end Core i9-9900KF ($463 US, previously $488 US) and all the way down to the entry-level Core i3-9100F ($97 US, previously $122 US). We have summed up all the prices in the table below. These chips would be ideal for those users who already have discrete graphics cards and want to save up a few bucks which could be invested in other PC parts. I personally think the price cut was long overdue, but given how much Intel reduced the prices of their X-series processors, there's still more to be done for the 9th Gen mainstream lineup.
Intel 9th Gen Core Processor Price Cuts:
CPU Name | Cores / Threads | Base / Boost Clock | Unlocked Design | Cache | TDP | Old Price | New Price |
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Intel Core i9-9900KF | 8/16 | 3.6 / 5.0 GHz | Yes | 16 MB | 95W | $488 US | $463 US |
Intel Core i7-9700KF | 8/8 | 3.6 / 4.9 GHz | Yes | 12 MB | 95W | $374 US | $349 US |
Intel Core i5-9600KF | 6/6 | 3.7 / 4.6 GHz | Yes | 9 MB | 95W | $262 US | $237 US |
Intel Core i3-9350KF | 4/4 | 4.0 / 4.6 GHz | Yes | 8 MB | 91W | $173 US | $148 US |
Intel Core i7-9700F | 8/8 | 3.0 / 4.7 GHz | No | 12 MB | 65W | $332 US | $298 US |
Intel Core i5-9500F | 6/6 | 3.0 / 4.4 GHz | No | 9 MB | 65W | $192 US | $167 US |
Intel Core i5-9400F | 6/6 | 2.9 / 4.1 GHz | No | 9 MB | 65W | $182 US | $157 US |
Intel Core i3-9100F | 4/4 | 3.6 / 4.2 GHz | No | 6 MB | 65W | $122 US | $97 US |