A 6c/6T Coffee Lake CPU has been spotted

[WYP]

A 6-core, 6-thread Coffee Lake CPU has been spotted in the SiSoftware database. Is this the first i5 with more than four cores?



Read more on Intel's upcoming 6c/6t CPU.

 

[AlienALX]

Hmm. Well that's a bit weird. Seems like a lot of jiggery pokery to me. I mean yeah it will be quicker than a 4c 8t but how much quicker? (and don't quote numbers at me I am just sayin...)

Just seems like a very selfish way to compete with AMD on price/spec really. "Oh I know, our worthy customers don't deserve a 6c 12t CPU for a cheap price so let's disable HT !".

Mind you what am I even saying.

1. This will be hideously expensive.
2. So will the platform.
3. Another new socket perhaps? oh go on, just one waffer thin mint? (bonus points for telling me where that is from)

 

[jimma47]

3. F$%# off i'm full

 

[AlienALX]

3. F$%# off i'm full

We have a winnah !! Creosote

 

[Excalabur50]

Always look on the bright side of life ..........

 

[AngryGoldfish]

It still won't likely beat a 1600 in multi-threaded tasks, but at least the i7 6c/12t should. The i5 would likely return to being the sweet spot for gaming. It's so annoying that the only reason why is because AMD questioned Intel. Out of principle I should support AMD for that.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

No new socket, if you can believe that; it should be 1151 the little birds whisper. Good for me (if they allow it to run on Z170 that is). Anyway, I'll buy this in i7 flavour and be set until that new build from the ground up CPU (ice lake?). So that's coffee lake > cannonlake > tiger lake > ice lake? I've lost track.

 

[steverebo]

That's just annoying as I'm about to buy my new 7700k F@#$ YOU Intel

 

[TheF34RChannel]

That's just annoying as I'm about to buy my new 7700k F@#$ YOU Intel

That's a pretty safe buy imo; sell it when coffee comes out and you'll still get good money for a (near) 5GHz CPU (thinking coffee lake i7's may top out around 4.7GHz). For reference; I sold my Sandy for very decent money last year.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

That's just annoying as I'm about to buy my new 7700k F@#$ YOU Intel

Yeah, that would be really annoying. That's why I'm so peeved off with Intel right now, and I'd be bitter if I had bought a 7600K or 7700K recently with the intention of it remaining a leading CPU for years to come.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Yeah, that would be really annoying. That's why I'm so peeved off with Intel right now, and I'd be bitter if I had bought a 7600K or 7700K recently with the intention of it remaining a leading CPU for years to come.

I would recommend against buying for that reason for anyone - leading being the operative word it will, however, remain a solid CPU for many years.

 

[Dawelio]

Yeah, that would be really annoying. That's why I'm so peeved off with Intel right now, and I'd be bitter if I had bought a 7600K or 7700K recently with the intention of it remaining a leading CPU for years to come.

I would recommend against buying for that reason for anyone - leading being the operative word it will, however, remain a solid CPU for many years.

Damnit guys... Now you've made me sad

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Damnit guys... Now you've made me sad ��

In what way?

 

[Dawelio]

In what way?

Cause I got it for one of the bigger reasons being just that ...

 

[steverebo]

I upgrade quiet frequently about every 12 months or so and was hoping to get atleast 9 months out of this new build before the next release

 

[tolagarf]

That's just annoying as I'm about to buy my new 7700k F@#$ YOU Intel

I'm actually in the same situation. About to build me an ITX Kaby Lake PC for gaming, and it's not like I would need the 6 core Coffee Lake CPU nor intend on paying an extra premium for it, but still it's damn annoying being in the unknown if this new line of CPU's will actually get released in August, or it's just another paper launch.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

I would recommend against buying for that reason for anyone - leading being the operative word it will, however, remain a solid CPU for many years.

Yeah, it's not like the four core i7's are suddenly going to become like dual core Pentiums within the next year (or even five), but we will see a vast improvement from Coffee Lake, and that's frustrating knowing that it could have been out two years ago, maintaining Intel's competitiveness. And AMD's new chips would have performed better as well in games as developers would have had two years with Intel's higher core models. That may be an oversimplification, but you understand the point.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

I'm actually in the same situation. About to build me an ITX Kaby Lake PC for gaming, and it's not like I would need the 6 core Coffee Lake CPU nor intend on paying an extra premium for it, but still it's damn annoying being in the unknown if this new line of CPU's will actually get released in August, or it's just another paper launch.

I get you, however since you said you don't need a 6 core, what's the problem? Just get the CPU you wanted and enjoy

Yeah, it's not like the four core i7's are suddenly going to become like dual core Pentiums within the next year (or even five), but we will see a vast improvement from Coffee Lake, and that's frustrating knowing that it could have been out two years ago, maintaining Intel's competitiveness. And AMD's new chips would have performed better as well in games as developers would have had two years with Intel's higher core models. That may be an oversimplification, but you understand the point.

You make some valid points there. I still stand by my point that I made in another thread, that, like you said as well more or less, Intel should've released a 6/12 years ago for the mainstream platform.

I am beyond anxious to learn the clocks on the i7 part and chipsets it'll run on. I've always wanted one but not at the cost of swapping boards.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

You make some valid points there. I still stand by my point that I made in another thread, that, like you said as well more or less, Intel should've released a 6/12 years ago for the mainstream platform.

I am beyond anxious to learn the clocks on the i7 part and chipsets it'll run on. I've always wanted one but not at the cost of swapping boards.

Imagine how different applications could be by now if Intel had released their consumer grade 6c CPU's. I know someone with more knowledge could correct me here as I'm definitely a simpleton in these matters, but to me when I see the application optimisations for the Ryzen platform, how in CPU-demanding work loads the CPU is being pushed too hard and has no room left yet is outputting high frame rates or numbers, that shows more performance should have been here by now and would have improved application performance if it were.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Imagine how different applications could be by now if Intel had released their consumer grade 6c CPU's. I know someone with more knowledge could correct me here as I'm definitely a simpleton in these matters, but to me when I see the application optimisations for the Ryzen platform, how in CPU-demanding work loads the CPU is being pushed too hard and has no room left yet is outputting high frame rates or numbers, that shows more performance should have been here by now and would have improved application performance if it were.

There has definitely been unnecessary stalling of these for the mainstream market, and ideally we should have had 6 cores based on newly build from the ground up tech to facilitate today's and tomorrow's workloads. But I can be content with this upcoming line. It's so good what AMD did with theirs! Here's to hoping that they pushed Intel onto a new era.

Come to think of it, I can see it happen that only 200 series will get the necessary BIOS update...

On a side note; did you all see the other core 0000 18/36 CPU in SiSoft?

http://ranker.sisoftware.net/show_r...d5e3dbecdae8d8fe8cb181a7c2a79aaa8cffc2fa&l=en