An apparent leak of new Intel i9 and i7 CPU's specs have just been posted online setting PC tech forums ablaze with chatter over the weekend
On Friday morning a long time anandtech.com forum member going by by the name of "sweepr" posted some rather intriguing details for some new Intel i9 Skylake-X 6, 8, 10 and 12 core Processors as well as some new Kabylake-X 4 core models, All appear to include hyperthreading doubling the core count except the Kabylake-X 7640K.
Accompanying the post was also a screen capture from what appears to be a PowerPoint presentation slide as you can see here:
Core i9 CPU's
Core i9-7920X
12C/24T
16.5MB L3
44 PCIe lanes
Clocks TBD (August Launch)
Core i9-7900X
10C/20T
13.75MB L3
44 PCIe Lanes
3.3Ghz Base
4.3Ghz Turbo 2.0
4.5Ghz Turbo 3.0!
Core i9-7820X
8C/16T
11MB L3
28 PCIe Lanes
3.6Ghz Base
4.3Ghz Turbo 2.0
4.5Ghz Turbo 3.0
Core i9-7800X
6C/12T
8.25MB L3
28 PCIe Lanes
3.5Ghz Base
4.0Ghz Turbo 2.0
Core i7 CPU's
Core i7-7740K
4C/8T
8MB L3
16 PCIe Lanes
4.3Ghz Base
4.5Ghz Turbo 2.0
Core i7-7640K
4C/4T
6MB L3
16 PCIe Lanes
4.0Ghz Base
4.2Ghz Turbo 2.0
Notable Points:
- L2 cache = 1MB (Skylake-X), 4x as much as Core i7-7700K
- Dual DDR4-2666 for Kaby Lake-X / Quad DDR4-2666 for Skylake-X
- 112W for Kaby Lake-X / up to 140W for Skylake-X
- Apparently all Core i9 parts support AVX-512 (TBC)
- Launch in June, except 7920X (August)
Here's Hexus.net's tabulated version of the data for better reading:
|
Architecture |
C/T |
Base Clock |
Boost Clock |
L3 Cache |
PCIe lanes |
TDP |
|
|
Core i9-7920X |
Skylake-X |
12 / 24 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
16.5MB |
44 |
140W |
|
Core i9-7900X |
Skylake-X |
10 / 20 |
3.3GHz |
4.3GHz (Turbo 2.0) |
13.75MB |
44 |
140W |
|
Core i9-7820X |
Skylake-X |
8 / 16 |
3.6GHz |
4.3GHz (Turbo 2.0) |
11MB |
28 |
140W |
|
Core i9-7800X |
Skylake-X |
6 / 12 |
3.5GHz |
4.0GHz |
8.25MB |
28 |
140W |
|
Core i7-7740K |
Kaby Lake-X |
4 / 8 |
4.3GHz |
4.5GHz |
8MB |
16 |
112W |
|
Core i7-7640K |
Kaby Lake-X |
4 / 4 |
4.0GHz |
4.2GHz |
6MB |
16 |
112W |
Hexus.net also mention the socket type as LGA 2066 meaning new motherboards all round if upgrading.
You can view the original post by "sweepr" here please let us know your thoughts and we'll do out best to keep you updated, We will of course be testing and approving new Core i9 Pro Tools PC's as soon as they and appropriate motherboards are available ensuring our customers always get the latest, fastest and most powerful systems for Pro Tools on the market.
