More Intel 9th Gen Desktop CPUs: Core i7-9700, Core i3-9100, Pentium Gold G5420, and a new Core i3-8100F ?

After yesterday when Intel casually mentioned that it was announcing six new processors in its 9^th Generation desktop line, without providing any specifications through the usual channels, it turns out that there are several more on the way beyond the six mentioned.

Over at Dell’s Australia website, it has updated one of its mini-PCs to offer the Core i7-9700, the Core i3-9100, and the Pentium Gold 5420 processors. These three go beyond the six that were mentioned in Intel’s keynote, but Dell has some of the specifications on hand. Here is what the current 9^th Generation processor lineup looks like now:

On top of that, there is one new processor that doesn’t fall into either of the two buckets, and is strange all on its own. Astute eyes found the Core i3-8100F listed on Intel’s public CPU database, ARK, but only if one goes searching for a specific CPU number. (This sometimes means the CPU is off roadmap). This is an 8^th Generation processor, but it follows the naming scheme of the new processors, where ‘F’ processors have zero integrated graphics.

All in all, for anyone trying to keep track of the different types of processors that Intel offers, this is all very confusing, and it doesn’t have to be.