Wednesday, May 30th 2018
Intel Core i7-8086K Listed, First 5.00 GHz Processor
Intel is commemorating 40 years of its 8086 processor, the spiritual ancestor of the x86 machine architecture that rules modern computing, with a special edition socket LGA1151 processor, dubbed Core i7-8086K. The chip appears to feature a nominal clock speed of 4.00 GHz, with a maximum Turbo Boost frequency of 5.00 GHz, making it the first mainstream desktop processor from Intel to hit the 5.00 GHz mark, out of the box.
The Core i7-8086K is more likely to be based on a special bin of the 14 nm, 6-core/12-thread "Coffee Lake" silicon, rather than being something next-gen or 8-core. The retail SKU bears the part number "BX80684I78086K." The chip will be compatible with Intel 300-series chipset motherboards. Pre-launch listings put its price around $486, which is along expected lines, as it's 70-100 EUR pricier than the i7-8700K. Intel could unveil the Core i7-8086K at the 2018 Computex (specifically on the 8th of June), alongside the first motherboards based on its Z390 Express chipset.
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The Core i7-8086K is more likely to be based on a special bin of the 14 nm, 6-core/12-thread "Coffee Lake" silicon, rather than being something next-gen or 8-core. The retail SKU bears the part number "BX80684I78086K." The chip will be compatible with Intel 300-series chipset motherboards. Pre-launch listings put its price around $486, which is along expected lines, as it's 70-100 EUR pricier than the i7-8700K. Intel could unveil the Core i7-8086K at the 2018 Computex (specifically on the 8th of June), alongside the first motherboards based on its Z390 Express chipset.
103 Comments on Intel Core i7-8086K Listed, First 5.00 GHz Processor
Nice...
"8086"... first of the x86 line..."486".... Last of the x86 naming scheme.
But yes, the price of this one isn't randomly picked.
More on topic, not sure why people are arguing that the FX-9590 doesn't count as the first 5GHz chip just because it was ridiculous and sucked pretty bad. And for the record it never cost anywhere near $899 in the retail channel, when it arrived at retail I believe it was around the $300 mark (originally OEM only). This chip is pretty cool nonetheless though.
FX series were (and is) terrible. Insane watt usage on top of that.
AMD CPU's first became relevant again with Ryzen. FX was a disaster. Not all. These will be better binned for sure, meaning higher overclocks in the end. Maybe they even comes with good TIM, like Devil's Canyon back in the day. Yet you bought i5 with 6c/6t?
8c/16t would mean lower clocks, which is worse for games and most applications.
Thanks for nothing...
Heck even the Ryzen R5 2600X at 4.1 GHz (133 watts maximum observed) would be noticable over any Piledriver at 5.0 GHz.
Also, the 5775C had 6MB of cache, like most Broadwell i7s. What it did have, was 128MB of dedicated VRAM.