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?

Processor	Cores / Threads	Base Clock	Turbo 2.0 (6c)	Turbo 3.0 (1c)	L3	TDP	Price
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.