Monday, July 23rd 2018
Top Three Intel 9th Generation Core Parts Detailed
Intel is giving finishing touches to its 9th generation Core processor family, which will see the introduction of an 8-core part to the company's LGA115x mainstream desktop (MSDT) platform. The company is also making certain branding changes. The Core i9 brand, which is being introduced to MSDT, symbolizes 8-core/16-thread processors. The Core i7 brand is relegated to 8-core/8-thread (more cores but fewer threads than the current Core i7 parts). The Core i5 brand is unchanged at 6-core/6-thread. The three will be based on the new 14 nm+++ "Whiskey Lake" silicon, which is yet another "Skylake" refinement, and hence one can't expect per-core IPC improvements.
Leading the pack is the Core i9-9900K. This chip is endowed with 8 cores, and HyperThreading enabling 16 threads. It features the full 16 MB of shared L3 cache available on the silicon. It also has some stellar clock speeds - 3.60 GHz nominal, with 5.00 GHz maximum Turbo Boost. You get the 5.00 GHz across 1 to 2 cores, 4.80 GHz across 4 cores, 4.70 GHz across 6 to 8 cores. Interestingly, the TDP of this chip remains unchanged from its predecessor, at 95 W. Next up, is the Core i7-9700K. This chip apparently succeeds the i7-8700K. It has 8 cores, but lacks HyperThreading.
The Core i7-9700K is an 8-core/8-thread chip clocked at 3.60 GHz, but its Turbo Boost states are a touch lower than those of the i9-9900K. You get 4.90 GHz single-core boost, 4.80 GHz 2-core, 4.70 GHz 4-core, and 4.60 GHz across 6 to 8 cores. The L3 cache amount is reduced to the 1.5 MB per core scheme reminiscent of previous-generation Core i5 chips, as opposed to 2 MB per core of the i9-9900K. You only get 12 MB of shared L3 cache.
Lastly, there's the Core i5-9600K. There's far too little changed from the current 8th generation Core i5 parts. These are still 6-core/6-thread parts. The nominal clock is the highest of the lot, at 3.70 GHz. You get 4.60 GHz 1-core boost, 4.50 GHz 2-core boost, 4.40 GHz 4-core boost, and 4.30 GHz all-core. The L3 cache amount is still 9 MB.
The three chips are backwards-compatible with existing motherboards based on the 300-series chipset with BIOS updates. Intel is expected to launch these chips towards the end of Q3-2018.
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Leading the pack is the Core i9-9900K. This chip is endowed with 8 cores, and HyperThreading enabling 16 threads. It features the full 16 MB of shared L3 cache available on the silicon. It also has some stellar clock speeds - 3.60 GHz nominal, with 5.00 GHz maximum Turbo Boost. You get the 5.00 GHz across 1 to 2 cores, 4.80 GHz across 4 cores, 4.70 GHz across 6 to 8 cores. Interestingly, the TDP of this chip remains unchanged from its predecessor, at 95 W. Next up, is the Core i7-9700K. This chip apparently succeeds the i7-8700K. It has 8 cores, but lacks HyperThreading.
Lastly, there's the Core i5-9600K. There's far too little changed from the current 8th generation Core i5 parts. These are still 6-core/6-thread parts. The nominal clock is the highest of the lot, at 3.70 GHz. You get 4.60 GHz 1-core boost, 4.50 GHz 2-core boost, 4.40 GHz 4-core boost, and 4.30 GHz all-core. The L3 cache amount is still 9 MB.
The three chips are backwards-compatible with existing motherboards based on the 300-series chipset with BIOS updates. Intel is expected to launch these chips towards the end of Q3-2018.
121 Comments on Top Three Intel 9th Generation Core Parts Detailed
They can add another + behind their node but it doesn't magically create more thermal headroom.
As far as I can see the reason HT is gone from all but the top part means Intel has also realised its merit in a consumer environment is limited, and it also helps them with binning because they only need the 9900K to do that now. I think binning is the key word here. Intel has now pushed 14nm to the max right out of the box. You can buy a K-CPU but the reality is that Intel's done most of the work for you, another 'new' similarity to Ryzen if you think of it. Except here you're still paying the K-premium and Z board premium.
That said, it's kind of costly, both in terms of actual cost and die space to add a lot of PCIe lanes to the CPU, so Intel gives them to us via the bottle necked chipset instead, chopped up in little pieces with four lanes seemingly being the widest supported.
It also seems like neither CPU maker is considering a fatter pipe to the chipset, which is sad.
Seems a little too far fetched for me.
And a better paste may not last as long as the one actuality used by Intel.
Not that from what I've seen really matters. You would just think from a mainstream CPU they would allow more.
I don't understand why you would think a mainstream CPU would allow more. Again: why?
It has an 8-core 22nm based 5960X CPU, and taking it to 4.4Ghz on a fairly non-expensive air cooler was an easy mission. A part of me got very sad at that moment.
The effectiveness of HT drops with higher core counts , so much that I wouldn't be surprised to see the 8 core part without HT outperform the one with in menial tasks such as games. Also given the fact that this is still on the same 14nm node , heat and power consumption are going to become even more problematic so in addition to that the 9700K will likely OC higher with less trouble. Bottom of the line is parts with HT in the higher segment have always been somewhat poor value but now that will be the case even more. Given Intel's never ending desire for higher prices it will likely push the 9900K into absolute obscurity more so than any other previous mainstream flagship.I suggest you don't ask someone what the fuck are they talking about in your first comment to that person. It's rather distasteful.
PS : i have no idea why i argue with someone that bought a FX cpu.