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Guru3D.com » News » Intel Will no Longer Disclose Multi-Core Turbo Boost Frequencies

Intel Will no Longer Disclose Multi-Core Turbo Boost Frequencies

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/10/2017 09:09 AM | source: | 70 comment(s)
Intel Will no Longer Disclose Multi-Core Turbo Boost Frequencies

In yet another unexpected move Intel has made is clear that it will not be sharing any details anymore on the multi-core Turbo clock frequencies of their processors.

You might already have noticed it, Intel is only listing the highest Boost frequency, and not the rest. Here’s the thing, the recent generation processors basically have three main frequencies.

  1. Base Baseclock
  2. Binned multi all-core clock turbo
  3. Single thread turbo

Intel from now on will only list the base and (1) and Single thread (3) turbo. As to why this is, remains uncertain, however many scenarios pop into mind. It might be a legal reason as they cannot guarantee the all core turbo on all processors.However, the longer I think about this, then an old routine kicks in .. what would be the most probable? Might it be that Intel likes that highest Turbo listed on their packaging a bit better for marketing  and thus sales? I mean, it’s not unthinkable right? The guys from eteknix have a quote from Intel on this:

“[W]e’re no longer disclosing this level of detail as its proprietary to Intel. Intel only specifies processor frequencies for base and single-core Turbo in our processor marketing and technical collateral, such as ARK, and not the multi-core Turbo frequencies. We’re aligning communications to be consistent. All Turbo frequencies are opportunistic given their dependency on system configuration and workloads.”

So a Core i7 8700 is now being listed as a 4.7 GHz processor (click the link and look at the ARK info). But considering that is just one thread, it really runs 4.3 GHz on all six cores. Weird move huh?

 

ProcessorCores / ThreadsBase ClockTurbo 2.0 (6c)Turbo 3.0 (1c)L3TDPPrice
Core i7 8700K 6/12 3.7 GHz 4.3 GHz 4.7 GHz 12 MB 95 W $359 / €389
Core i7 8700 6/12 3.2 GHz 4.3 GHz 4.6 GHz 12 MB 65 W $303 / €327
Core i5 8600K 6/6 3.6 GHz 4.1 GHz 4.3 GHz 9 MB 95 W $257 / €273
Core i5 8400 6/6 2.8 GHz 3.8 GHz 4.0 GHz 9 MB 65 W $182 / €192
Core i3 8350K 4/4 4.0 GHz NA NA 8 MB 91 W $169 / €189
Core i3 8300 4/4 4.0 GHz NA NA 8 MB 65 W -
Core i3 8100 4/4 3.6 GHz NA NA 6 MB 65 W $117 / €123


If you look at the above table, pretty much the greyed out Turbo 2.0 info is no longer disclosed by Intel. 







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alanm
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#5480145 Posted on: 10/10/2017 11:06 AM
It doesnt matter. Reviews will reveal the actual performance. If Intel doesnt want to lose sales to AMD, they will have to make sure their buyers are not shafted due to unexpected shortcomings in performance. If its to cover inconsistencies in boost clocks, they still have to ensure their products are good enough in the end.

Vananovion
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#5480154 Posted on: 10/10/2017 11:25 AM
Intel has an army of lawyers like all big tech companies with lots of patents. I'm sure they can fill the product packaging with suitable disclaimers and inform retailers to tell customers the boost frequency only applies to old single core applications and in modern multicore cases it's something totally different. After that it's the retailer burning if somebody is disappointed.


I wouldn't be so sure. I think this could fall under the Unfair Commercial Practices directive, Article 7, paragraphs 1 and 2 (https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/ucp/public/index.cfm?event=public.directive.browse2&elemID=227#article-209). Looked at some of the cases and there have been fines for stuff like "disclaimer unintelligible to the average consumer" and "disclosing information on promotional medium and not the product itself" etc. Guess it all comes down to how Intel covers its ass, but even hordes of lawyers can make a mistake or an ommission and open up way for litigation. Also a court may still take an issue due to different interpretation. It's not unprecedented.

In any case, I think we can all agree that this move is only meant to mislead the average customer, no matter how legally covered Intel is.

BLEH!
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#5480155 Posted on: 10/10/2017 11:26 AM
The hell are they playing at?!

BlueRay
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#5480166 Posted on: 10/10/2017 11:52 AM
Ugh another reason to buy a K model and just set the frequency you want.
From the other side WTF Intel really? What are they trying to hide? That they can't hit big clocks on all cores for more than 1-2 secs or something?

FlinchingNinja
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#5480167 Posted on: 10/10/2017 11:53 AM
It's to increase yields. They just removed a test case.

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