Sunday, November 26th 2017
Intel Extends the Core i9 Brand to the Mobile Platform
Intel created the Core i9 brand to differentiate two key groups of Core X series HEDT (high-end desktop) processors, with the Core i7 X-series parts featuring 28-lane or 16-lane PCIe interfaces, while the Core i9 X-series parts featuring the full 44-lane interfaces present on the "Skylake-X" silicon. The Core i9 brand also earned a degree of exclusivity as it allows Intel to ask upwards of $999 for these client-segment parts, with the top-end i9-7980XE scraping the $2,000-mark. Intel sees the potential for a similar segmentation for its mobile processor lineup, even if not on grounds of PCIe lane budget or core-counts.
The Core i9 mobile processor family could bring the highest-levels of 6-core "Coffee Lake" desktop processor performance to the notebook platform. Intel is giving final touches to the Core i9-8000 series "Coffee Lake-H" processor lineup, which could feature the full 6-core/12-thread configuration of the "Coffee Lake" silicon, alongside 12 MB L3 cache. The first SKU in the lineup could be the Core i9-8950HK, sniffed out from the change-log of the latest FinalWire AIDA64. These chips could enable large (>17-inch) gaming notebooks with one or more high-end graphics cards, the latest advancements in cooling, 4K UHD or curved displays, etc.
Source:
AIDA64 change-log
The Core i9 mobile processor family could bring the highest-levels of 6-core "Coffee Lake" desktop processor performance to the notebook platform. Intel is giving final touches to the Core i9-8000 series "Coffee Lake-H" processor lineup, which could feature the full 6-core/12-thread configuration of the "Coffee Lake" silicon, alongside 12 MB L3 cache. The first SKU in the lineup could be the Core i9-8950HK, sniffed out from the change-log of the latest FinalWire AIDA64. These chips could enable large (>17-inch) gaming notebooks with one or more high-end graphics cards, the latest advancements in cooling, 4K UHD or curved displays, etc.
28 Comments on Intel Extends the Core i9 Brand to the Mobile Platform
Requirements:
-1070/1080 (sli)
-laptop must weigh at least 4kg
-16GB+ RAM
-SSD must be main storage.
-price must start at same price or less than equivelant 8700k notebooks since these won't be laptops with great portability or battery life anyway, unless you don't mind the premium for diffferent styling and badge.
Hopefully these overclock well and stay cool! Repasting voids your entire warranty often, unlike with clevo barebones.
First the whole i9 line is just money grab. the HEDT i7 should have all lanes activated. HOW MANY TIERS do we actually need??
entry level - i3
main stream - i5
high performance - i7
enthusiast - HEDT
and
??enthusiastest?? - HEDT with more stuff that the others should already have activated!!
i9 in a laptop is just moronic!!
I don't care what they call it as long as the price is right.
2k for a non server CPU is moronic!
The Whole Lineup of AMD CPUs is 18 models.
This covers 4, 6, 8, 12, 16 cores.
Entry level to performance have 24 PCIe lanes.
Entry level has 4 cores
Mid has 4 and 6 cores
Performance has 8 cores
Entry level 4 cores at 100USD
All HEDT CPUs have 64 Lanes of PCIe and quad Channel Memory.
INTEL
The whole lineup of Intel CPUs is 27 models.
This covers 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 cores.
Entry Level to Performance have 16 PCIe Lanes.
Entry Level has 2 cores.
Mid has 4 cores.
Performance has 4 cores.
Entry Level 2 cores at 115USD.
9 models of HEDT CPUs:
- 2 have dual channel memory.
- 7 have quad channel memory.
- 2 have 16 PCIe lanes.
- 2 have 28 PCIe lanes.
- 5 has 44 PCIe lanes.
HOW is the intel Lineup not moronic??
still.. it all sounds good even if it aint.. :)
for the average joe moar cores always has been a con and it still is..
trog
Is Idiotic Intel stop it NOW!
But it is progress at last so that's something.
At least oems and suppliers are trying to make progressive attractive products again instead of sameish tat.
Also, it's much, much worse on the mobile side...
I suggest you count again using this list, although right now it seems to be a bit hard to count, as Intel has some wide discrepancies between the 6, 7 and 8-series in terms of available SKUs - s21.q4cdn.com/600692695/files/doc_downloads/cpu_price/2017/Oct_15_17_Recommended_Customer_Price_List.pdf
Also, Intel's cheapest dual core has a list price of $42.
I as an engineer dissagree with that being thankworthy.
This is a good chip and some will love getting hold of it no doubt but let's not blow too much smoke up Intel's ass ,they could also have done this sooner.
Not long ago I upgraded my laptop CPU from a dual to a quad - if there was an option of a 6 core I would do it.
You don't think Intel's product line is starting to get a little bit confusing by now?
I think even AMD have too many models.
Do we really need a bunch of CPUs with 100MHz difference in clock speed?
I do believe they are doing it intentionally to a degree . For example so that they can sell dual cores with both the i3 and i5 badge even though there is absolutely no tangible different between some of them.
Anyhoo. Intel...meh. Make the better processors.. yes. But not so much that the cost is so high.
- First of all there is an i7 7820hk 65w tdp chip on many laptop models that dont weigh 4kg at all (check msi gt and gigabye aorus models).
- second, contrary to what fanboys say, coffee lake arent just skylake/kabylake with 2 more cores, they are an improvement (yes small, but is there). Kaby allowed higher clocks at same power, coffee allows more cores at the same clocks and same TDP.
- with that in mind, yes you will see these i9 hk on 2,7kg-3kg laptops, easily.
Simple fact you are comparing these HK chips to the clevo models with desktop i7 8700k is dumb enough. Do you even realize that those clevo models are just "brute forcing" electronics that were designed for a desktop environment (power delivery, airflow). And thats why unless you delid them and use beefy barebones, they will throttle for days. You end up uaing them at lower clocks and applying umdervolts, so at the end of the day you have same thing as a HK chip.
i9 HK is a cpu specifically designed for mobile parts, not brute forcing anything. I would never consider those clevo/sager with desktop parts. Makes no sense.
As for the naming, I dont see anything wrong with calling i9 to an unlocked mobile 6 core chip. Funny that no one complained when Intel still called i7 to their 6 core cpus (WHEN quad cores were i7s aswell)
TpU is too similar to reddit now, sadly. Loads of uninformed fanboys spreading misinformation.
I now enjoy running at 4.7ghz at 100% running at high 80C's, I stay at 4.6ghz 98% of the time.
I only bought this model laptop because of the price, the price of the desktop cpu was cheaper than a HK processor, I think the price was around $350 cheaper with the 7700k. I dont need long battery life and I wasnt concerned about weight. I wanted a fast processor at the cheapest price possible.
And I'm an Asian who grew up in the South US AND have fought off and/or been chased by the few skinheads I've actually seen... complete with a Jewish girl by my side. lol. I know what real racism is, and I'm still not miserable and think the world is racist. Life is pretty good for the most part. I hate when people who can't see that and just wallow in pain...especially the psychological and imaginary kind.
/rant off
Anyways, even though I stick with Intel, I'll be the first to say their lineup is confusing.
Every chip company uses binned failures for lower end chips. Intel has been doing it for 15 years. Any financially responsible chip company does that. Also, others will point out that the AMD method allows them to cut costs, while reigning in high profits from cheaper chips while intel soils their pants trying to compete with the high core counts for a low price. Creating a bunch of different chips doesnt mean your parts are any higher quality. Making a product line confusing doesnt make it good, and too often it is instead used as a diversion tactic, to cover up cheap cost cutting or gimping of features, as intel has done with PCIE and memory lanes.
You want to shill for intel and talk about how their business practices are a 'gift', just put "shill inside" under your username.