You may have heard that Intel's upcoming 8th-generation processors, code named Coffee Lake, won't be compatible with the current Z270 chipset motherboards. Last week we had another round of rumors and reports about these upcoming – and totally incompatible – new CPUs, with wccftech reporting some details on what to expect with the new processors. Spoiler: MORE CORES.
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We begin with the Intel Core i7-8700K, which will reportedly be the company's first mainstream 6-core processor, with previous hex-core offerings limited to HEDT and server. The i7-8700K will run slightly below the current 4-core i7-7700K, with a base frequency of 3.7 GHz (vs. 4.2 GHz with the i7-7700K) and single-core Turbo speeds topping out at 4.3 GHz according to the report. Another point of interest with the 6-core i7 part is TDP, with 95W needed where even the current HEDT parts are into the 130W territory. What of the Core i5? This is where things get a little more interesting, as there appear to be 6-core parts in the i5 family as well, without Hyper-Threading of course. Even the Core i3 parts jump to 4-core configurations with Coffee Lake, which would obviously be another first.
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To editoralize a bit, AMD seems to be in a highly influential position in the wake of Ryzen and Threadripper, as Intel is (reportedly, of course) upping the core counts for Core series processors. Sure, Intel could have done this anyway, but looking at their pre-Ryzen products they were quite happy selling 2 – 4 core parts for premium prices before. This is great news for anyone in an era of increasingly multi-thread optimized computing (as long as pricing remains at or below current offerings), and with this healthy competition the second half of the year might be the best time in a very long time to upgrade – be it Intel or AMD. Now, if only graphics cards would fall back down to earth…
A hyperthreaded 4 core with
A hyperthreaded 4 core with integrated graphics that will do 4GHz drawing 65W sounds too good to be true, presuming the 8300 will be priced the same or close to the 7300.
Unless they’re feeling disruptive, they could price a part like that at $180 and be competitive against the $170 R5 1400.
I7-7700 non k already does
I7-7700 non k already does 3.6 base 4.0 turbo at 65W. Coffelake is on a better manufacturing process.
I meant at current i3 prices.
I meant at current i3 prices.
Thats 4.2GHZ turbo I know
Thats 4.2GHZ turbo I know because I have one and it rocks for a locked processor. Its a low wattage bone crushing quad for sure.
My next build down the road
My next build down the road like 4-5 years cause of having to get a new motherboard will most likely end up being an six core i5 bang for the buck cheaper build. This is my first intel machine I built and made AMD systems for years and I can say I have had the fewest issues with this i7 7700. No looking back.
i7 6700 is already EOL – Next
i7 6700 is already EOL – Next is i7 7700… Gaming market and enthusiasts are moving to min 6 core, 8 core and even 16 cores, and their not looking back either.
Intel is just catching up with (AMD) the times, as Intel has held back the industry long enough. I wont be buying Intel this round, and hopefully the next round too.
I have had nothing but flaky
I have had nothing but flaky experiences with AMD. As far as Intel catching up they have had processors with more than 4cores for quite some time. Its just that they are not cheap or you have to get an older cheaper xeon setup. I gave up on AMD they have poor support for thermal sensors in linux not to mention all the weird segmentation faults that I had and lack of proper turbo boost under linux as well. As far as end of life 6700/7700 both those chips will be packing a serious punch for years to come. My 7700 lays waste to my old FX 8320. I have built AMD systems for nearly 20 years. I could not be happier with this rig.
“they could price a part like
“they could price a part like that at $180 and be competitive against the $170 R5 1400.:
Is this a joke ?! Have you ever looked at review or benchmarks (other than just cinebench)
Intel Qaud core CPU with HT at 4GHz should easily beat 1500X let alone 1400
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Ryzen_5_1500X/19.html
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8139/amd-ryzen-5-1600x-1500x-cpu-review/index5.html
However, I think the specs of i3 8300 is fake. It is too good to be true. It can even hurt the sales of intel own 65w i5 coffee lake.
Why do you think the i3-8300
Why do you think the i3-8300 specs are fake?
Intel has changed the naming scheme for desktop now since they have a higher core-count. i3 with four cores. i5 with six cores…
Why would it hurt sales? There’s no PRICING GIVEN but I think we can assume pricing similar to an i7-7700/7700K, and NOT pricing similar to an i3 with only two cores.
Well, the 1500x is basically
Well, the 1500x is basically the same part as the 1400, just with more of AMD’s not-so-great L3 cache, so I obviously I meant it would beat that as well.
The table indicates a boost
The table indicates a boost of all cores to 4.3 GHz and a single-core boost of up to 4.7 GHz, or are you refering to another iteration of the source?
Yes, their table shows that;
Yes, their table shows that; however, the source article was cited for the information on the i7-8700K, quoted directly below:
I have used machines with up
I have used machines with up to 24 cores (real cores, not hyperthreading) and it is amaizing the kind of speed you can get for things that can take advantage of all of those cores. It is also really annoying when you hit something single threaded and you are stuck running at less than 5% utilization on a 24 core machine. They shouldn’t have been selling anything less than 4 cores for a while now. Even cell phones mostly have many cores these days.
Haha, yeah and a quadcore
Haha, yeah and a quadcore from phone is like 1/4 of a single core on desktop in terms of power.
You can make 1000 cores that are slower than a single core. IPC. Clocks. Architechture.
More cores is not always better, in the end it’s up to the software.
Obviously, but the
Obviously, but the performance increase you can get from going multithreaded software is huge compared to any increases you can get from single thread performance. Single thread performance hasn’t really increased much in years. Staying single threaded limits software to a tiny fraction of the available power on a multi-core machine. On a 24 core, one core is only 4.16 %. On a 32 core Epyc processor, one core is only 3.125 % of the processing power. Converting software to multithreaded is more difficult and requires software developers that know what they are doing. Intel keeping the baseline at 2 to 4 cores holds that back. With the overhead on modern systems, optimizing by converting to multithreaded doesn’t make much sense on a 2 core. If the base line is at least 4 core, then it will make a lot more sense. Low power devices are already better off being many low power cores than a small number of high power cores.
PLENTY of people don’t need
PLENTY of people don’t need more than what a G4560 CPU (2c/4t) offers though for basic network tasks.
Cell phones have more cores because it’s more efficient to run them at LOWER FREQUENCIES so they need extra cores.
No point in buying a machine that costs more with four cores if you don’t use them. Same goes for memory and storage.
It also affects the COOLING requirement in laptops which adds an additional cost in the cooler and the battery.
most phones use big and
most phones use big and little cores now a days (if it says its a quad core its a dual core if its a 8 core its 4 core, as it can only use the low power or high power it can’t use both at the same time)
Isn’t amazing how Intel can
Isn’t amazing how Intel can come up with all these new processors with increased number of cores, higher speeds, lower tdp etc. It just shows how they have been milking the
Market (i.e. us). Wonderful what a little competition can do.
moving to higher core count
moving to higher core count was listed yrs ago. the higher server count wasn’t AFAIk (12-18core x299).
It did get moved back cause it was suppose to be on 10nm (cannonlake or something, I forget).
Yeah, there was a leaked
Yeah, there was a leaked Intel roadmap from 2014 that showed Coffelake. Sorry if that shoots your ‘oh snap, now AMD is bringing the fire to their feet’ theory.
Yep, big thanks to Jim Keller
Yep, big thanks to Jim Keller
Hmmm…the i3 8300…a 4ghz
Hmmm…the i3 8300…a 4ghz quad-core i3 w/ 8MB cache? most interesting indeed! Slap a K on it and watch world+dog flip out…lol
Probably we will see two kind
Probably we will see two kind of i3s. The 8300 with 4cores/8threads and the 8200, 8100 with just 4 cores no HT. I wouldn’t expect Intel to start selling 8 threads processors from $100.
What is certain is that, people who like to change their hardware often, should consider putting on sale their Z270 + 7700K combo TODAY.
A 4 core i3 w/8mb cache makes
A 4 core i3 w/8mb cache makes some sense…but 4 core with HT would cannibalize i5/i7 sales…unless they plan to really raise the bar high for the i5s.
But what about the PCI-e
But what about the PCI-e lanes????
yea I was hoping for more
yea I was hoping for more PCIE lanes to be honest…
I only update my CPU mobo every 5 years or so, it would be nice to have 3x ultra m.2 for future expansion
Yeah, be sure to get 3x of
Yeah, be sure to get 3x of the the 2TB size M.2, pay just $6000 and then complain about a CPU being $190.
How many people really need
How many people really need more than 20 dedicated CPU lanes anyway?
That’s sufficient for the graphics and a fast M.2 SSD. The chipset can provide 24 more lanes which is plenty for most people for other PCIe devices and SATA drives.
People that “need” multiple M.2 drives and/or more graphics bandwidth are pretty rare.
I appreciate AMD having options for much more PCIe lanes but again very few people will benefit from them.
Pricing should be
Pricing should be interesting.
AMD selling the 65w 8 core unlocked R7 1700 for $270 with a high quality cooler will put a dent on how much Intel can charge.
So I expect the new i7 to be $379 to cover the margin loss from the larger 14nm die. Intel wont be able to go over $400 (Even so they will benchmark extremely well)
Hard to guess. On one hand
Hard to guess. On one hand there is AMD competition though it’s hard to tell exactly how worried Intel is. We need data on exactly how Ryzen has been selling and whether Intel needs to be aggressive in pricing.
The i7-6850K Max Turbo value is 3.8GHz, but if we assume 3.5GHz for all six cores and compare to the new i7-8700K which is 4.3GHz thus 23% higher frequency. With architectural changes it’s hard to guess (depends on program) but let’s call that up to about 30% higher.
I won’t guess at relative overclocking differences.
So will the better performance be offset by more aggressive pricing?
I think $400 is probably a good guess though.
Ryzen killers incoming
Ryzen killers incoming
So you spend $300+ (?) on a
So you spend $300+ (?) on a 6C Coffeelake, another couple of hundred on a new 370 motherboard…Then ~6 months later 6C Ryzen+ comes out, and you realize (too late) that you should have just bought a Ryzen in the first place.
Then 9th gen Intel comes out
Then 9th gen Intel comes out and devastates Ryzen IPC, like a cannon blasting it out of the water.
Intel actually delivering a
Intel actually delivering a significant performance increase in a new CPU generation, what year is this, 2005? Thanks AMD!
this is a shill move from
this is a shill move from intel the non compatibility thing
they are still taxing the
they are still taxing the shit out of their 4 core i7’s. i just dont get it. thats like civic and corolla owners twin turbo charging their 4 banger.