Intel Six Core Lineup exposed - Core i7-8700K and Core i5-8600K
We've been talking and debating intel Coffee Lake for some time now. new information surfaced on the web, including SKU names and base clock frequencies. The big daddy proc would be the Core i7 8700K with a 3.7 Ghz base-clock in a 6c/12t configuration.
Actually Intel would be planning to release four six-core models, two of them get hyper-threading, two will not (Core i5 versus i7). Coffee Lake processors will be fabbed at a 14nm node and would be available on LGA1151 within months. French magazine Canard PC is basing the new information up-on reports that the first samples have been supplied to customers. The top model Core i7-8700K would get a 3.7 base clock (turbo's are not yet known). A non-K model would get a lower 3.2 GHz base clock.
Currently the release lineup looks like this:
Processor | Cores / Threads | Clock speed | Turbo | L3 | TDP |
Core i7-8700K | 6/12 | 3,7GHz | tba | 12MB | 95W |
Core i7-8700 | 6/12 | 3.2GHz | tba | 12MB | 95W |
Core i5-8600K | 6/6 | 3,6GHz | tba | 9MB | 95W |
Core i5-8400 | 6/6 | 2.8GHz | tba | 9MB | 65W |
The Core i5-8600K however would be getting a 3.6 GHz base clock and is an unlocked model. Intel supposedly also will release a Core i5 series with the Core i5-8400 would run at a base of 2.8 Ghz, and is locked. Coffee Lake should be released together with the Z370 / H370 chipsets and logic assumes a release later this year in the Q3 region. Intel 300 series desktop processor motherboard would be based on the current LGA 1151 socket, the SiSoft results already have shown Platform entries.
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The i5 has been the budget processor for gaming for some time now, the lower stuff is just the better than nothing option. My point is that it´s ridiculous that atom and i3 owners can extract more efficiency/performance from their cores.
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According to what? The i5 is literally defined as mainstream while an i3 is regarded as a budget gaming CPU. If you OC an i5 and manage your tasks well, it is still a very capable gaming CPU for modern games. Though a 4c/4t CPU is a bit outdated, the price point of i5 isn't budget.
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On top of that mobile i5's have HT.
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aren't those dual cores though ? i know some of the i7's are on the mobile market correct me if i am wrong .
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Most Intel products have HT. Quark, most Atom models, most Pentium models, a few Xeons, and desktop i5s are the only exceptions. As Loophole pointed out, i3 has HT, and most mobile variants have HT. Anything more powerful than an i3 isn't budget anymore, so what exactly are you missing?