Monday, July 24th 2017
Reported Intel i7-8700K Coffee Lake 6-Core Lineup Leaked
After a CPU-Z screenshot leaked of Intel's upcoming Coffee Lake hexa-core CPUs, which look to bring the fight to AMD's Ryzen, this time there are leaks of three different Intel 6-core processors. The previous CPU-Z screenshot apparently pointed towards Intel's upcoming 8700K six-core processor, with a base clock of 3.5 GHz and a boost clock of 4.3 GHz. The BCLK of the CPU was set at 100 MHz with a TDP of 80W.
In the new leak, the i7-8700K seems to have received a speed bump and accompanying TDP increase. It now sits at a reported 3.7 GHz base clock, 4 GHz boost for four and six cores, 4.2 GHz for dual-core workloads, and 4.3 GHz for single-core workloads under a 95 W TDP. The second leaked six-core processor still sits at that 95 W TDP, but has much lower core clocks than the purported 8700K: a 3.2 GHz base clock with 3.4 GHz boost for four and six cores, and a 3.6 GHz boost for one or two-core workloads. Both of these appear to be unlocked, overclockable chips (IA Overclock capable.) The last CPU in this leaked info is a 65 W chip whose clocks seem a little out of the other's league. It has a lower base clock of 3.1 GHz, granted, but a four and six core turbo up to 3.9 GHz. Dual core boost stands at 4.1 GHz, while single-core workloads see Turbo taking the ship up to 4.2 GHz. The lower base clocks and increased Turbo speeds mean that this is likely an i7 T series chip. Naturally, you should take this information with a bucket of salt.
Sources:
ETeknix 8700K CPU-Z Leak, ETeknix Coffee Lake Chips
In the new leak, the i7-8700K seems to have received a speed bump and accompanying TDP increase. It now sits at a reported 3.7 GHz base clock, 4 GHz boost for four and six cores, 4.2 GHz for dual-core workloads, and 4.3 GHz for single-core workloads under a 95 W TDP. The second leaked six-core processor still sits at that 95 W TDP, but has much lower core clocks than the purported 8700K: a 3.2 GHz base clock with 3.4 GHz boost for four and six cores, and a 3.6 GHz boost for one or two-core workloads. Both of these appear to be unlocked, overclockable chips (IA Overclock capable.) The last CPU in this leaked info is a 65 W chip whose clocks seem a little out of the other's league. It has a lower base clock of 3.1 GHz, granted, but a four and six core turbo up to 3.9 GHz. Dual core boost stands at 4.1 GHz, while single-core workloads see Turbo taking the ship up to 4.2 GHz. The lower base clocks and increased Turbo speeds mean that this is likely an i7 T series chip. Naturally, you should take this information with a bucket of salt.
45 Comments on Reported Intel i7-8700K Coffee Lake 6-Core Lineup Leaked
hopefully dual cores i3 could die for good
and pentium line up will have 2c/4t
but... Intel bottlenecking G4560 supply, so....
Instead we have a quad core CPU, with Dual core Cpu glued on top of it, which clocks higher.
How is this a new and innovative product? Honestly?
The only way I see this competing against say Ryzen 1700 is if it will have fantastic value price.
Recently built a workstation for job, with Ryzen 1800x, fantastic CPU, all cores clocked to 4.0, works flawlessly.
Seems my next home / gaming build will be 1700 unless something changes.
www.extremetech.com/computing/235664-leaked-roadmap-claims-intel-will-bring-six-core-chips-to-mainstream-pcs-with-upcoming-coffee-lake
Look at the date, but the only thing Intel is probably doing is releasing before the date, usually mainstream cpus launching at january.
So let's hope Intel isn't just stretching skylake's lifespan as much as possible with minor upgrades (really minor since you need a good-great cooler to really make use of extra stock clocks and overclockability) and they're finally dropping down to a 10nm or even a 7nm proces node.
By that logic, the 7700K is a tri-core with a single core glued on top of it which clocks higher?
Turbo now clocks two cores to the maximum turbo speed, not just one. On the 7700K only one core will turbo up to 4.5 GHz.
I see 1151 on the CPU-Z.
Be nice if it's going to donk in a Z170 or Z270 :)
To my expectations a shift in technology would have been in case of all cores, here we don't see that out of the box, hence for me Coffee Lake is another disappointment that will most likely have heat issues.
You can call them the bad guy all you want, but AMD is no different. When they could, just over ten years ago, they were also selling $ 999 processors.