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Core i7-6700K and Core i5-6600K SkyLake Specs ?
There is a bit of controversy on the web at the moment as some info appeared on the web regarding Intel's upcoming Skylake lineup. The information claims the existence of a Core i7-6700K and Core i5-6600K, runing up-to 4.2 GHz.
Now here's the thing, we stated controversy on the first paragraph as the source is a website called PCFrm and they have no track record whatsoever in regard to validity.
The Core i7 6700K would be a 4.0 Ghz processor that can boost to 4.2 GHz, the 6600K model would do 3.5/3.9 GHz.
- Core i7 6700K
4 cores and Hyper-Threading, 4.0GHz frequency, 4.20GHz maximum Turbo Boost frequency, 8MB last-level cache, dual-channel DDR3/DDR4 memory controller with 1600MHz or 2133MHz support, 95W TDP, Intel HD Graphics 5000-series integrated graphics core, LGA1151 packaging - Core i5 6600K
4 cores, 3.50GHz frequency, 3.90GHz maximum Turbo Boost frequency, 6MB last-level cache, dual-channel DDR3/DDR4 memory controller with 1600MHz or 2133MHz support, 95W TDP, Intel HD Graphics 5000-series integrated graphics core, LGA1151 packaging;
Skylake is the codename used by Intel for the 14nm processor microarchitecture under development and due to launch in 2015 as the successor to the Broadwell architecture. Intel 14nm Skylake processors will feature PCIe gen 4, DDR4 Memory and SATA Express support. Now anybody can type up this stuff so yeah, take it with a big grain of salt.
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#5055664 Posted on: 04/22/2015 02:13 PM
(4 core i5)
welp, at least i could still hope to prioritize my GPU upgrade heh
(4 core i5)
welp, at least i could still hope to prioritize my GPU upgrade heh
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#5055677 Posted on: 04/22/2015 02:38 PM
I was looking for an upgrade as well but when i see the new CPU's not being any faster than what i have i am really really hesitant about it. I should just push my CPU a little higher for OC since i installed my Corsair H90
I was looking for an upgrade as well but when i see the new CPU's not being any faster than what i have i am really really hesitant about it. I should just push my CPU a little higher for OC since i installed my Corsair H90
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#5055678 Posted on: 04/22/2015 02:43 PM
I have had my 3570K at 4.4 since Day 1 and it feels as fast now as it did in Summer 2012.
I was looking for an upgrade as well but when i see the new CPU's not being any faster than what i have i am really really hesitant about it. I should just push my CPU a little higher for OC since i installed my Corsair H90
I have had my 3570K at 4.4 since Day 1 and it feels as fast now as it did in Summer 2012.
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#5055682 Posted on: 04/22/2015 02:49 PM
AMD did not have lack of technological advancement, especially not compared to Intel. AMD had lack of good market choices, and bad cooperation with partners (both sides). Basically, even AMD chips from 2012 are more advanced compared to the Intel chips, but in "wrong route", for the market needs, that is.
Bad partner support, and questionable socket compatibility is another aspect where AMD is far behind Intel.
Either way, I cannot recommend AMD products to friends also.
On topic, nope, this CPU's will have up to 10% improvements, same as those before, the difference is higher default clocks (and TDP), so effective stock speed would probably be up to 20%, with new RAM types and some instruction sets.
Where is this technological advancement on AMD's side that I'm not aware of? They have 3 year old CPUs on the market for crying out loud. Their architecture-to-architecture improvements have been close to null.
At least Intel made their architectures more efficient even if their performance haven't increased a lot. But then again WHY would Intel give us more performance? They don't have to, AMD cannot compete. They barely even focused on laptop CPUs and those have actually seen decent performance improvements purely as the fruit of more efficient desktop architectures.
AMD's downfall in the CPU market is simply due to the inefficient nature of Bulldozer. You cannot expect people to buy a 220W CPU when their similarly performing counterparts eat up almost 2.5x less power. Hell, my GPU doesn't eat that much power. And a byproduct of this inefficiency is the impossibility to compete in the laptop market. You cannot throw a 50W CPU in a laptop and expect it to be bought, not when the competition has far better performance using the same 50W.
Only then come the stupid market decisions, like trying to force feed us those APUs that nobody gives a crap about because gamers will always prefer a dedicated card and you don't need that kind of GPU power for HTPC builds.
The APU idea is great. I commend AMD for it. But they are and will continue to be bottlenecked by RAM throughput, there is absolutely no way around that, not even with DDR4. They need to get their attention away from those damn APUs.
Saying that AMD's chips from 2012 are more advanced compared to today's Intel chips is the worst twaddle I've heard in years, have you been living under a rock? AMD began losing CPU market starting with Intel's Core architecture, this all started 9 years ago.
AMD did not have lack of technological advancement, especially not compared to Intel. AMD had lack of good market choices, and bad cooperation with partners (both sides). Basically, even AMD chips from 2012 are more advanced compared to the Intel chips, but in "wrong route", for the market needs, that is.
Bad partner support, and questionable socket compatibility is another aspect where AMD is far behind Intel.
Either way, I cannot recommend AMD products to friends also.
On topic, nope, this CPU's will have up to 10% improvements, same as those before, the difference is higher default clocks (and TDP), so effective stock speed would probably be up to 20%, with new RAM types and some instruction sets.
Where is this technological advancement on AMD's side that I'm not aware of? They have 3 year old CPUs on the market for crying out loud. Their architecture-to-architecture improvements have been close to null.
At least Intel made their architectures more efficient even if their performance haven't increased a lot. But then again WHY would Intel give us more performance? They don't have to, AMD cannot compete. They barely even focused on laptop CPUs and those have actually seen decent performance improvements purely as the fruit of more efficient desktop architectures.
AMD's downfall in the CPU market is simply due to the inefficient nature of Bulldozer. You cannot expect people to buy a 220W CPU when their similarly performing counterparts eat up almost 2.5x less power. Hell, my GPU doesn't eat that much power. And a byproduct of this inefficiency is the impossibility to compete in the laptop market. You cannot throw a 50W CPU in a laptop and expect it to be bought, not when the competition has far better performance using the same 50W.
Only then come the stupid market decisions, like trying to force feed us those APUs that nobody gives a crap about because gamers will always prefer a dedicated card and you don't need that kind of GPU power for HTPC builds.
The APU idea is great. I commend AMD for it. But they are and will continue to be bottlenecked by RAM throughput, there is absolutely no way around that, not even with DDR4. They need to get their attention away from those damn APUs.
Saying that AMD's chips from 2012 are more advanced compared to today's Intel chips is the worst twaddle I've heard in years, have you been living under a rock? AMD began losing CPU market starting with Intel's Core architecture, this all started 9 years ago.
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Pin placement is the difference in the sockets.
Now that being said, there have been cases where a different socket works on another with pencil mods, or a contact mod. There is a 771 to 775 mod out there that works without any bios mods.
Honestly I am hoping for something good from either Intel or AMD, I love my mac but I'm itching to tweak! There's only so much I can do to this thing!