Tuesday, May 27th 2014

Intel Core i7 "Haswell-E" Processor Lineup Detailed

Intel's next-generation Core i7 "Haswell-E" HEDT (high-end desktop) processor lineup, slated for later this year, accompanied by the company's X99 Express chipset, will launch at three price-points, predictably, succeeding the current Core i7-4820K, i7-4930K, and i7-4960X. The platform will herald a new LGA socket, which will have 2,011 pins, but will not be compatible with current LGA2011 platforms based on the X79 Express chipset. That's because "Haswell-E" will be among the first client platforms to support DDR4-SDRAM memory. All Haswell-E chips will support DDR4-2133 MHz out of the box.

Moving on to the actual lineup, and it begins with the Core i7-5820K. This is a six-core chip, and a welcome departure from Intel's sub-$400 HEDT chips being quad-core. Whether it supports HyperThreading, is not known. You still get 6 physical cores to plow through work. The chip also features a staggering 15 MB of L3 cache, clock speed of 3.30 GHz with a couple of notches of Turbo Boost, and a quad-channel DDR4 integrated memory controller. Oh, and there's the unlocked BClk multiplier. Sounds too good to be true for a sub-$400 chip? Here's the catch - its on-die PCI-Express Gen 3.0 root complex will have fewer lanes. It can spare just 16 + 8 lanes for discrete graphics cards. For boards with three long x16 slots, that would mean x16/NC/x8, or x8/x8/x8, with an additional x4 link.

Next up, is Intel's $600-ish Haswell-E HEDT chip, the Core i7-5930K. Like the i7-5820K, this is a six-core chip, but could feature HyperThreading. It has the same 15 MB L3 cache, and quad-channel DDR4 IMC. It offers higher clock speeds, of 3.50 GHz. Unlike the i7-5820K, it features a full-fledged PCIe root complex, giving out two x16 links, and one x8 link. This would be ideal for 4-GPU setups in which the two x16 links split up as x8/x8/x8/x8, with a fifth long slot still having an x8 link, to drive high-bandwidth SSDs.

Leading the pack, at a four-figure price, will be the Core i7-5960X. This is an eight-core chip with HyperThreading, enabling 16 logical CPUs. The eight cores are cushioned by a massive 20 MB L3 cache. The chip runs at lower clock speeds than its smaller siblings, at 3.00 GHz, and features the same 40-lane PCI-Express root complex as the i7-5930K.

All three chips feature TDP rated at 140W.
Source: Coolaler
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58 Comments on Intel Core i7 "Haswell-E" Processor Lineup Detailed

#51
slim142
Ok but when are these coming out?

Im trying to upgrade my Core 2 Quad already.
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#52
Sony Xperia S
slim142Ok but when are these coming out?

Im trying to upgrade my Core 2 Quad already.
Oh, you will have a splendid upgrade with the fastest AMD FX 8350 CPU for just $190.

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284&cm_re=amd_fx_8350-_-19-113-284-_-Product

It is super amazing as benchmarks clearly show:

www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_a10_7850k_apu_review,13.html

I will buy it for me, and all my relatives and friends who need a cheap and very fast desktop. :)
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#53
Aquinus
Resident Wat-man
Am I the only person bothered by the lack of a 4c option? Despite everyone's enthusiasm for more cores, wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that some people are getting the platform for the PCI-E lanes and not necessarily more cores? I guess there will probably be a 4c Xeon option, but still I've been plenty happy with my 3820 and it's ability to overclock (not that I really need to,) and I would imagine a 4c Haswell-E consumer CPU could fly if it existed.
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#54
slim142
Sony Xperia SOh, you will have a splendid upgrade with the fastest AMD FX 8350 CPU for just $190.

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284&cm_re=amd_fx_8350-_-19-113-284-_-Product

It is super amazing as benchmarks clearly show:

www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_a10_7850k_apu_review,13.html

I will buy it for me, and all my relatives and friends who need a cheap and very fast desktop. :)
Thanks man, but I rather wait until AMD gets back in the game like they did in the AMD 64 days.
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#55
Prima.Vera
slim142Ok but when are these coming out?

Im trying to upgrade my Core 2 Quad already.
Just go for the 4770K or 4790K, and you wont need any upgrade for the next 5 years.
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#56
Sony Xperia S
slim142Thanks man, but I rather wait until AMD gets back in the game like they did in the AMD 64 days.
Маn, АМD is certainly in the game, if you go to see the reviews, you will notice how high the performance from the 8-core FX is, especially in those applications optimised for multi-threading, that is certainly future-proof.

People wrongly undervalue AMD but even Google thinks smart, like me: :)

Why is Google tinkering with a brand new microprocessor? “We’re really driven by an aggressive demand. The growth at Google has been very significant,” McKean says. In other words, Google keeps growing, and so the massive collection of servers that runs Google must keep growing too. Yes, the company can keep expanding its operation using Intel chips. But it behooves Google to use other chip suppliers. That’s a way to cut costs, but it’s also a way to ensure that the chips it uses just keep getting better. Companies like Google don’t want to rely solely on Intel. They want competition in the market. They want to play one chip maker off another.

www.wired.com/2014/04/openpower/
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#57
Disparia
AquinusAm I the only person bothered by the lack of a 4c option? Despite everyone's enthusiasm for more cores, wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that some people are getting the platform for the PCI-E lanes and not necessarily more cores? I guess there will probably be a 4c Xeon option, but still I've been plenty happy with my 3820 and it's ability to overclock (not that I really need to,) and I would imagine a 4c Haswell-E consumer CPU could fly if it existed.
Depends on the final specs. Intel wouldn't have made a 4C cost less, so if the 5820K comes out with HT enabled then no one will wish for less cores. But if it's not enabled there will be some debate whether a 4C/8T chip would have been preferable to a 6C/6T option.
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#58
Am*
Cutting PCIE lanes from a platform built on nothing besides more PCIE lanes is just plain retarded. Turn off HyperThreading on the chip and leave it be on the PCIE lanes -- if not, I can already see the 1-star reviews pop up on sites like Newegg about Intel falsely advertising its platform.
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