8 Core Intel 10nm 'CPU on a card' in a NUC PC, with full size graphics card slot

[g67575]

This is new to me, the PCIe-based ‘Compute Element' contains a Tiger Lake 10nm 11900KB CPU, memory, storage, and networking. I'm impressed by the design... I hope it has sufficient cooling and a good power supply though. There's room for a full size graphics card.

The Compute Element card may also contain a iGPU, as this CPU model apparently includes one.

The design of the 'Compute Element' itself is quite reminiscent of a desktop graphics card, especially the heatsink and cooler. The system appears to be upgradable to some extent.

The CPU multiplier is apparently unlocked, I'd guess you might be able to run it between 4.8-5ghz max. The CPU itself has 8MB more L3 cache than the Rocket Lake 11900k (24MB vs 16MB) and a much lower TDP of 65w.

Link here:
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-nuc-11-extreme-beast-canyon-gets-core-i9-11900kb-cpu

 

[feck199]

Can’t claim to have heavily tested it, but I do have a 11th gen nuc with latest iGPU Xe and driver support is shocking.

ok I was focused on quick sync and hardware transcoding but it’s pretty bad in Windows and crashes in Linux. Following posts dating back to beginning of the year and still waiting on fixes.

I’d need to check which iGPU is in the chip you listed as my comment is related to the mobile versions that have the more powerful iGPU. The desktop chips seem to have their issues resolved.

 

[g67575]

No one seems bothered about this, I suppose because the 10nm CPU is for specific NUCs only, rather than desktops.

If Intel released this kind of motherboard for desktop CPUs, it would be interesting to see how far the CPU could be pushed (with high watt power supply).