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Intel has added a new mighty chip to its arsenal, one that comes with 10-cores and promises to bring about a quantum leap in the way PCs have delivered in the higher echelons of the performance stakes so far.
The chip in question is the 14nm deca-core Broadwell-E Core i7-6950X that the company is showcasing at the ongoing Computex 2016 event. The chip is also aimed at hard-core gaming enthusiasts for which the chip accounts for 35 percent performance increment compared to the last gen Core i7-5960X based on the Haswell architecture.
That is not all as Intel also promises 25 percent better efficiency for 4K video editing with the new Core i7 6950X chip.
Other salient features of the new Core i7-5960X chip include 25MB of cache, a 3GHz base clock speed, support for 4-channel DDR4-2400 memory, and 40 PCI-E lanes. The chip also isn’t cheap either, priced at $1,569.
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- 10 Core/20 Thread
- LGA 2011-v3
- 4 Channels DDR4 2400; one DIMM per Channel
- 140W Tdp
- Up to 40 Lanes PCIe 3.0 (2x16+1x8)
“As we start increasing cores, we start decreasing frequency in each of the SKUs. And the reason we do that is because when you increase cores, you’re increasing the power consumption and the thermal density in the package and something has to give to fit within that package and the thermal envelope,” Frank Soqui, Intel general manager for Enthusiast Desktop Products, said.
The base clock speed with the 6950X stands at 3GHz but gets enhanced to 3.5GHz thanks to Intel’s Turbo Boost Technology 3.0. It ensures applications are directed to the highest performing core, which means a huge performance increment for single-threaded experiences. The chip otherwise has two threads per core.
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- Game Without Compromise. Play harder and work smarter with Intel Core 14th Gen processors
- 20 cores (8 P-cores plus 12 E-cores) and 28 threads. Integrated Intel UHD Graphics 770 included
- Up to 5.6 GHz with Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 gives you smooth game play, high frame rates, and rapid responsiveness
- Compatible with Intel 600-series (with potential BIOS update) or 700-series chipset-based motherboards
- DDR4 and DDR5 platform support cuts your load times and gives you the space to run the most demanding games
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Further, there are 40 PCIe lane connections to the CPU, which not only translates to extreme SSD storage and Thunderbolt 3 performance, multiple sub-systems can be attached to the PC without risking performance degradation.
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- Game Without Compromise. Play harder and work smarter with Intel Core 14th Gen processors
- 20 cores (8 P-cores plus 12 E-cores) and 28 threads. Discrete graphics required
- Up to 5.6 GHz with Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 gives you smooth game play, high frame rates, and rapid responsiveness
- Compatible with Intel 600-series (with potential BIOS update) or 700-series chipset-based motherboards
- DDR4 and DDR5 platform support cuts your load times and gives you the space to run the most demanding games
“It will transform the way people play, work and create. Just as consumers are expanding what they do with their PCs, the Intel Core i7 processor Extreme Edition delivers a new level of capability, now with up to 10 cores of mind-blowing performance,” said Gregory Bryant, corporate vice president and general manager of the connected home and commercial client at Intel.
“It’s designed not just for multi-tasking, but for mega-tasking. Enthusiasts expect to push their systems to multiple compute-intensive applications at the same time. That’s exactly what we’ve delivered.”
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- Intel Core i7 3.60 GHz processor offers more cache space and the hyper-threading architecture delivers high performance for demanding applications with better onboard graphics and faster turbo boost
- The Socket LGA-1700 socket allows processor to be placed on the PCB without soldering
- 11 MB L2 and 25 MB L3 cache offers supreme performance for computation intensive apps
- Intel 7 Architecture enables improved performance per watt and micro architecture makes it power-efficient
Intel is also showcasing new 8-core i7 6900K, 6-core i7 6850K, and Core i7 6800K at the Computex show.
Quick Recap
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- 20 cores (8 P-cores + 12 E-cores) and 28 threads. Integrated Intel UHD Graphics 770 included.
- Performance hybrid architecture integrates two core microarchitectures, prioritizing and distributing workloads to optimize performance
- Up to 5.4 GHz unlocked. 33MB Cache
- Compatible with Intel 600-series (with potential BIOS update) and 700-series chipset-based motherboards
- Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 Frequency, and PCIe 5.0 & 4.0 support. DDR4 and DDR5 Memory support. RM1 thermal solution included.
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