Tuesday, May 30th 2017
Intel Formally Announces the Core i7 and Core i9 X Series Processors
Creating rich, immersive experiences and bringing them to life takes a lot of compute power. Creators, gamers and enthusiasts have an insatiable demand for more power, more performance and more capability that lets them focus on what they want to do, not on whether their computer is up to the task. Intel is committed to continue giving them that extreme platform. Introducing the new Intel Core X-series processor family: Intel's most scalable, accessible and powerful desktop platform ever. Ranging from 4 to 18 cores, it offers unprecedented scalability. With price points to match, there is an Intel Core X-series processor that is sure to meet the needs for the widest range of enthusiast customers ever.
We're also introducing the entirely new Intel Core i9 processor brand, representing the highest performance for advanced gaming, VR and content creation. At the top of the lineup is the new Intel Core i9 Extreme Edition processor - the first consumer desktop CPU with 18 cores and 36 threads of power. Select SKUs of the Intel Core X-series processor family brings extreme performance to enthusiasts with Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 creating new levels of single-threaded and dual-threaded performance.
The Intel Core X-series processor family also delivers the first teraflop desktop CPU from Intel. And install Intel Optane memory, a smart system accelerator to improve system responsiveness with large storage drives. Intel Core X-series processors use more cores and more threads to do more simultaneous workloads, like extreme mega-tasking. For our enthusiasts, we have new overclocking features including AVX 512 ratio offset, memory controller trim voltage control, and PEG/DMI overclocking to get more performance than ever before.
Extreme Performance for Single-Thread and Multithread Computing:
Scalability with 10, 8, 6, and 4 cores (18, 16, 14, and 12 cores coming soon!)
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We're also introducing the entirely new Intel Core i9 processor brand, representing the highest performance for advanced gaming, VR and content creation. At the top of the lineup is the new Intel Core i9 Extreme Edition processor - the first consumer desktop CPU with 18 cores and 36 threads of power. Select SKUs of the Intel Core X-series processor family brings extreme performance to enthusiasts with Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 creating new levels of single-threaded and dual-threaded performance.
Extreme Performance for Single-Thread and Multithread Computing:
- Up to 10 percent faster multithread performance over previous generation
- Up to 15 percent faster single-thread performance over previous generation
- Massive 36-thread performance and quad-channel memory for content creation and extreme mega-tasking
- Up to 44 lanes of PCIe 3.0 directly connected to the CPU, to expand your system with fast SSDs, multiple discrete graphics cards and ultrafast Thunderbolt 3 technology
- New! Intel Core i9 Extreme Edition processor featuring 18 cores and 36 threads
- New! Intel's most scalable high-end desktop platform ever with 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, and 4-core options
- New! Intel X299 chipset with improved I/O capabilities
- New! LGA 2066 socket for Intel Core X-series processor family
- New! Additional system performance and amazing responsiveness with Intel Optane memory support
- Improved Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 (select SKUs) for single- and multithreaded performance
- Up to 44 lanes of PCIe 3.0 directly connected to the CPU
- Up to 4 channel DDR4-2666 memory support, support for the Intel Extreme Memory Profile (Intel XMP) specification, revision 2.0 for DDR4
- Fully unlocked for performance tuning
- Rebalanced smart cache hierarchy
- Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
Scalability with 10, 8, 6, and 4 cores (18, 16, 14, and 12 cores coming soon!)
55 Comments on Intel Formally Announces the Core i7 and Core i9 X Series Processors
even i9s arnt soldered
But don't worry, once the benchmarks comes out and the 7820X obliverates a CPU that can't even compete with the 6900K in gaming performance, we'll see how quickly people forgets about that delidding thing (as long as temperatures stays in nominal levels. Heck, if Intel bothers to put a decent thermal paste this time, it might even be the best option all-around, offering normal temperatures to non-OC users, and allowing delidding to OCers).
Anyway, we'll see the thermal results in the benchmarks as well. Until then, keep living in your bubble, Ryzen owners.
TIM instead of solder is also a bit of a low blow tbh.
And at worst, buy a good AIO.
Also, I really wish Intel left the "X" branding to like two different Extreme chips.
Maybe the motherboards won't cost as much as server boards? if not you're pretty much just getting server hardware branded as something else. Unless of course they strip out the trusted execution technology, in which case maybe just buy the xeon...
ark.intel.com/products/92984/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-2640-v4-25M-Cache-2_40-GHz
40 pci e lanes, same 10 cores/20 threads, more cache, significantly lower tdp, and yes lower clock but you can work with that, xeons can take quite a beating.
So unless Intel is going to make the motherboards for these significantly cheaper, I'd rather go Xeon at that price point.
7800X and 7820X are the "core equivalents" of Ryzen 5 1600 and Ryzen 7 1800X. The cost more (the latter being $600), but it's nowhere near 500 GBP.
Plus, based on what we've seen already, they should perform better. I'm sure AMD is lowering Ryzen prices for a good reason. :)
i7-6800K already beats Ryzen 7 1800X at a lower price. i7-7800X is not only higher clocked, but also brings whatever improvements Skylake-X has over Broadwell-E, so Intel is not shaking in fear :)
I agree the TIM is surprising, but we don't know anything about it. It doesn't have to be the same material they use in LGA1151.
As for anything else you've mentioned: it's fairly obvious that Intel decided to move OC-oriented CPUs from LGA1151 to LGA2066.
I won't be surprised if Kaby Lake successor (whatever it will be in the end...) has no -K CPUs at all. This would finally become a consumer platform - designed for stability and features.
I was referring to Broadwell-E 8 core (as Skylake X wasn't around when I bought my AMD chip). Besides, I paid <£400 for my CPU, so it's still over 50% extra.
All said however if the 8 core drops at £600 (unlikely, more like £750 after tax and retail pricing) it's not so bad if it runs at 4Ghz on all cores.