Wednesday, May 24th 2017
New Details On Intel's Upcoming 10-core Skylake-X i9 7900X Surface
SiSoft Sandra is one of the best (and more common) sources for details on upcoming, as-of-yet-unreleased hardware details and characteristics. Now, details on one of Intel's upcoming Skylake-X parts have surfaced, which gives us some details on what are likely final specifications, considering how close we are to X299's accelerated release.
The processor in the spotlight is one of Intel's 10-core processors, the Core i9 7900X (which is erroneously reported by the software as the Core i7 7900X), Intel's 10-core CPU. While initial reports pegged this CPU at as running at clock speeds of 3.30 GHz base and with 4.30 GHz Turbo Boost, it would seem Intel's release silicon will leverage much higher stock speeds, with the reported values on this SiSoft report being a staggering 4.0 GHz base, and 4.5 GHz Turbo Boost. These are extremely high clock speeds for a ten-core part, but all the other details about the Core i9 7900X check out: there are 14,080 KB (13.75 MB) of shared L3 cache, 1 MB L2 cache per core (for a total of 10 MB), as well as a 175 W TDP. This difference in clock speeds (especially when you compare it to Ryzen's much lower clock speeds) are probably an indicator of not only architectural differences between both designs, but a statement on Intel's fabrication process capabilities. And as an added bonus, check the motherboard that was used: a juicy, as-of-yet-unknown, X299 Gigabyte AORUS Gaming 7. Two details of this magnitude in a single screenshot? It's clearly a case of having your cake and eating it too.
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The processor in the spotlight is one of Intel's 10-core processors, the Core i9 7900X (which is erroneously reported by the software as the Core i7 7900X), Intel's 10-core CPU. While initial reports pegged this CPU at as running at clock speeds of 3.30 GHz base and with 4.30 GHz Turbo Boost, it would seem Intel's release silicon will leverage much higher stock speeds, with the reported values on this SiSoft report being a staggering 4.0 GHz base, and 4.5 GHz Turbo Boost. These are extremely high clock speeds for a ten-core part, but all the other details about the Core i9 7900X check out: there are 14,080 KB (13.75 MB) of shared L3 cache, 1 MB L2 cache per core (for a total of 10 MB), as well as a 175 W TDP. This difference in clock speeds (especially when you compare it to Ryzen's much lower clock speeds) are probably an indicator of not only architectural differences between both designs, but a statement on Intel's fabrication process capabilities. And as an added bonus, check the motherboard that was used: a juicy, as-of-yet-unknown, X299 Gigabyte AORUS Gaming 7. Two details of this magnitude in a single screenshot? It's clearly a case of having your cake and eating it too.
74 Comments on New Details On Intel's Upcoming 10-core Skylake-X i9 7900X Surface
Ah ok I see what you mean, no of course not but they couold have easily revised initial clockspeeds to compensate for Ryzens arrival and performance overnight ;)
A cpu would have been released but not at those speeds and likely no where near as soon.
Especially with so much kaby in channel.
Ouch for AMD. My 1700X looks a bit poorly now. That being said. How much are these chips going to cost? £1500?
When you reply that its ok to run hot and fast using loads of juice you better not have called my 8350 before for it;):):p
But seriously. If not for ryzen, i bet Intels clock speeds on skylake E had been lower to keep with in the TDP range of 130-140 watt they else tend to do. But i am not complaining.
Then Ryzen happened ...
Intel was caught off guard because they never expected AMD would be able to improve so much in one go, so they started "counterattacking". But they can't launch a "new" product right away, as it takes time to build up inventory as well as motherboards for it and, even if they already had some, it would be a massive $ loss if they launched right away before selling a good chunk of the available current architecture's products to minimize the losses.
It matters little if it's a 20 Cores, 10 GHz beast but more expensive that half a healthy adult's organs!
If the benchmark results are not faked, then the name is probably correct, since it's reported by the CPU.
Basically Intel got some AMD shit on their shoe and went awe hell nah.
But in reality this is likely to make up for the lower multicore performance. 4.0ghz across all 10 cores isn't exactly ground breaking, most of the 6950X's can do 4.4 on decent cooling
Edit: Do I wait for this to come out and meanwhile save more money or do I simply bite the bullet and build a Ryzen-based system? The more I think about it the more I think I should wait.