Monday, May 2nd 2016
Intel Core i7-7700K "Kaby Lake" Processor Detailed
It looks like Intel's 7th generation performance desktop processor, the Core i7-7700K, will be a quad-core part, like the seven generations before it. Leaked SiSoft SANDRA benchmark leaderboards reveal interesting details about the chip. To begin with, this quad-core part will feature HyperThreading enabling 8 logical CPUs for the OS to deal with. It will be clocked at 3.60 GHz, with a TurboBoost frequency of 4.20 GHz. Compare this, to the 4.00 GHz nominal and 4.20 GHz TurboBoost clocks of the current-generation i7-6700K. Bear in mind that this is a pre-release engineering-sample, and may not be accurate for the production chips.
The IMC of the i7-7700K will be clocked at 4.00 GHz, and its integrated graphics core will feature 24 execution units, much like "Skylake-D." The cache setup is unchanged, too, with 256 KB per-core L2, and 8 MB shared L3 caches. The "Kaby Lake" silicon will be built on Intel's 14 nm node, and is rumored to be slightly more energy-efficient than "Skylake." It will be built in the LGA1151 package, and will be compatible with current Intel 100-series and future 200-series chipset motherboard. "Kaby Lake" is the third mainline CPU architecture by Intel on the 14 nm node (after "Broadwell" and "Skylake"). The first 7th generation Core processors could launch later this year.
Source:
WCCFTech
The IMC of the i7-7700K will be clocked at 4.00 GHz, and its integrated graphics core will feature 24 execution units, much like "Skylake-D." The cache setup is unchanged, too, with 256 KB per-core L2, and 8 MB shared L3 caches. The "Kaby Lake" silicon will be built on Intel's 14 nm node, and is rumored to be slightly more energy-efficient than "Skylake." It will be built in the LGA1151 package, and will be compatible with current Intel 100-series and future 200-series chipset motherboard. "Kaby Lake" is the third mainline CPU architecture by Intel on the 14 nm node (after "Broadwell" and "Skylake"). The first 7th generation Core processors could launch later this year.
153 Comments on Intel Core i7-7700K "Kaby Lake" Processor Detailed
Sure it was wonderful to overclock, but remember we were stuck with DDR3 2133 and a much poorer platform as well. That virtually all CPUs could do 5GHz 24/7 doesn't mean much when a 6700K @ 4.0GHz is faster and requires less power, while offering more.
XTU on Sandy Bridge @ 5.8GHz = 1,206 points - hwbot.org/submission/3201843_minicoopers_xtu_core_i7_2600k_1206_marks
XTU on Skylake @ 4GHz = 1,402 points - hwbot.org/submission/3196014_skvortsoff_xtu_core_i7_6700k_1402_marks
But for some reason, we keep saying there's not been any improvement -_-
Cinebench R15 on Sandy Bridge @ 5.95GHz = 1,059 points - hwbot.org/submission/2816223_leeghoofd_cinebench___r15_core_i7_2600k_1059_cb
Cinebench R15 on Skylake @ 4.8GHz = 1,060 points - hwbot.org/submission/3190771_papusan_cinebench___r15_core_i7_6700k_1060_cb
Cinebench doesn't even rely on AVX instructions like XTU at all. At almost 1.2GHz slower, Skylake gives a higher result.
So yeah, want to point fingers at anyone for the lack of progress. Don't blame INTEL as they have genuinely been doing the work. turn to the devs, which up to today are still largely incapable of taking advantage of more than 4 threads. (Core i3 6320 @ 4.6GHz regularly matched 6600K @ 4~4.4GHz)
Lol. I was talking about myself there. Im on a 3770k, but my mobo is on the verge of colapsing. So I need to change evrything now. CPU, RAM, Mobo... And this pos new CPU doesn't look like it brings something new to the table from the last gen...might as well go for the 6 core old gen one.
Honestly, I quite like a release every year. It means newer technology that's platform dependent gets adopted faster. Can't snub my nose at that. Course if I can get an AIC that does the same thing and save myself a few bucks I'd rather do that.Funny, my 3.1 Gen 2 card is fully functional, and my PCI-E M.2 performs on par with rated speeds. Crippled? I think not. Then again, a PCI-E 2.0 slot will supply enough bandwidth for 3.1 Gen 1 so anybody running a 2500k or 2600k and a single card would have that capability and still run everything. As an early adopter I can tell you there's no real world benefit to using PCI-E M.2 over SATA currently, NVMe or not. Don't see the issue here.
Interesting processor clocks, would like to see this chip in action.
Now to top it off, Moore's Law is collapsing so...Kaby Lake is born. These are not the best of days for tech.
Give us something big...
none of this is about performance its all about an excuse to buy new stuff to play with.. he he..
all we have here is little skylake tweaking under a new name and a new "generation" it seems the latest generation is now what its all about.. my poor old devils canyon (bought last summer) will soon be a geriatric three generations behind.. :)
trog
Fake an upgrade.