Monday, April 4th 2016
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Intel Leaks Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition On Company Website
Intel over the weekend, leaked its upcoming Core i7-6950X processor in the change-log of its latest Management Engine software, on the company's Support website. In its CPU support list, the entry for "Intel Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition" stands out. It also leaks two key specifications - 25 MB of L3 cache, and a clock speed of up to 3.50 GHz. The Core i7-6800 and i7-6900 series are a family of six-, eight-, and ten-core processors based on the 14 nm "Broadwell-E" silicon, and built in the LGA2011v3 package, compatible with existing Intel X99 Express chipset motherboards, with BIOS updates.
It's being speculated that the i7-6950X will be the first client-platform CPU with 10 cores. Intel could position this product at a new price-point that's above even the $999 it traditionally reserved for its high-end client chips. At $999, the company could offer an 8-core Core i7-6900K; followed by 6-core Core i7-6850K and i7-6800K at the traditional $600 and $400 price points, respectively. Intel could launch these chips some time within Q2-2016.
It's being speculated that the i7-6950X will be the first client-platform CPU with 10 cores. Intel could position this product at a new price-point that's above even the $999 it traditionally reserved for its high-end client chips. At $999, the company could offer an 8-core Core i7-6900K; followed by 6-core Core i7-6850K and i7-6800K at the traditional $600 and $400 price points, respectively. Intel could launch these chips some time within Q2-2016.
46 Comments on Intel Leaks Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition On Company Website
Might not have the speed people expected but for those that can use all those cores it will be nice.
I suspect it being very very hot....
So why the rant if your i7-920 is plenty enough for you? Just be happy that you don't need to buy a new machine?!
So I'm not sure where you are getting with this. As far as I remember the i7-920 was a quad core part. So even if this new i7-6950X has 40% higher performance per core than your i7-920 (with no other advancements on the platform considered), it will have a total performance advantage over the i7-920 of ~350%!! I wouldn't call that exactly "absolutely 0.0 progress"?!
You can pay 300$ (if you live in the USA) or 390$ for a 5820K hexa-core chip (like i did) and get "only" about 120% increase. That, plus new outputs, decreased power consumption etc.
The good thing about new technology is that you can enjoy the mid-range much more.
Bloomfield............................................Gulftown..............................................Sandy Bridge-E.......................................Ivy Bridge-E................................Haswell-E
i7 920 ($284) 4C/8T...........................................................................................i7 3820 ($294) 4C/8T...........................i7 4820K ($310) 4C/8T............i7 5820K ($389) 6C/12T
i7 940/950/960 ($562) 4C/8T........................................................................i7 3830K ($583) 6C/12T......................i7 4930K ($555) 6C/12T.........i7 5930K ($583) 6C/12T
i7 965/975 ($999) 4C/8T................i7 980X/990X ($999) 6C/12T........i7 3690X/3790X ($999) 6C/12T........i7 4690X ($990) 6C/12T.........i7 5960X ($999) 8C/16T
Lynnfield top part (i7 870 $562)...................................................................SB top part (i7 2600K $317)..............IB top part (i7 3770K $313)....Haswell top part (i7 4790K $339) Kind of depends what workloads the user intends. Light productivity and gaming for a HEDT platform is like buying a supercar just to carry a bag of groceries from the seven-eleven. It has already been established that these mainstream workloads can be effectively executed by more budget minded systems of either vendor. If you buy a HEDT platform for a bunch of single threaded or lightly multi-threaded apps, you're doing something wrong
I mean my 3930K is clocked 4.8GHz on all cores, the successor IvyBridge-E had ~10% increase in IPC, but would have clocked worse topping out at ~4.5GHz giving about the same performance.
Haswell-E would have been the first chip really pushing performance forward, but only when bought with an 8-core chip instead of the 6-core. But then the whole platform had to be replaced, wich made absolutely no sense considering the performance gained. I mean this would've been at least a $2K investment for a little gain in performance.
But now with 8-/10-core chips and another increase in IPC this could finally be worth the money. Exciting. :)
broadwell-E is the end for X99