We see it often, sometimes engineering samples make their way to e-bay prior to being released. One lucky dude was able to get his hands on a Core i7-6950X, the new ten-core processor. It came at a price though, $1950 USD.
The photos back up the product, but also tell a thing about clock frequency, it seems that that base clock fro the product is just 3.00 GHz (with a Boost clock to be higher). The CPU gets a 140W TDP rating.
Broadwell-E will be tied to the X99 chipset as the website mentions as these processors will be tied towards socket LGA2011-v3. That would be good news for X99 owners as only a BIOS update will be required to get the new processors supported.
| Processor | Cores/threads | Clock frequency | L3-cache | Socket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-6950X | 10/20 | 3GHz | 25MB | LGA2011-v3 |
| Intel Core i7-6900K | 8/16 | 3,3GHz | 20MB | LGA2011-v3 |
| Intel Core i7-6850K | 6/12 | 3,6GHz | 15MB | LGA2011-v3 |
| Intel Core i7-6800K | 6/12 | 3,4GHz | 15MB | LGA2011-v3 |
Four models Broadwell-E processors will be released, the i7-6950X, i7-6900K, i7-6850K and i7- 6800K. That Core i7-6950X thus is the flagship CPU. X is Extreme with totally unlocked multipliers and voltages, the K models are more or less the same with a slightly lower voltage ceiling. All models will get some Turbo (dynamic clock frequency) allowance as well. To date it is unknown when the new processors will be released, but we think the Computex time-frame is a valid suggestion.
Intel Core i7-6950X Engineering Sample Spotted and Sells for $1950
