Skylake CPU's leaked with specs

[Lord Sparklebottom]

Ten Skylake CPU's just leaked with specs that give us a clear insight in the new line-up. They will require the new LGA 1551 socket, so if you want Skylake, you'll need to buy a new motherboard.

The chart is taken from SweClockers:

 

 

Perhaps the most interesting addition to the unlocked is the Core i7-6700T, who despite 35W TDP has a base frequency of 2.8 GHz with the possibility of stepping up to 3.6 GHz. This compares to today's Haswell-based counterpart Core i7-4785T which is more modest 2.2 and 3.2 GHz.

Translated from Swedish via Google Translate

 

Skylake for desktops and laptops are expected to be released in Q3 2015 

 

Source: http://www.sweclockers.com/nyhet/20399-tio-modeller-av-intel-skylake-for-lga-1151-hittar-ut-pa-natet

[H4X3R]

Why even release broadwell -.-?

According to the source above, the skylake processors are nothing spectacular.

[Godlygamer23]

It's great that they're able to get a higher base clock and boost clock with the same TDP.

[Sir Asvald]

DAMNNNNN

[Samfisher]

Why even release broadwell -.-?

According to the source above, the skylake processors are nothing spectacular.

 

Cos Skylake is a Tock, same process node, new architecture.

[CostcoSamples]

Why even release broadwell -.-?

According to the source above, the skylake processors are nothing spectacular.

Dude, clock speeds are only one part of performance.  We won't actually know how good they are until we get real benchmarks.

[Sauron]

Nothing very insteresting or unexpected unfortunately... I was really hoping for a z170 6-core option, but at the same I didn't really believe it would happen.

[Sauron]

Dude, clock speeds are only one part of performance.  We won't actually know how good they are until we get real benchmarks.

 

You're right, but my money is on the usual 10% average increment. No extra cache, no higher clock speeds, and no rumors have indicated a dramatically better ipc (in fact according to Intel they are about to hit the physical limits of silicon, so expecting a higher ipc without moving to graphene is a long shot).

[SteveGrabowski]

Why even release broadwell -.-?

According to the source above, the skylake processors are nothing spectacular.

 

You can't judge it by clockspeed, we have no idea what the IPC improvements could be like.

[CostcoSamples]

You're right, but my money is on the usual 10% average increment. No extra cache, no higher clock speeds, and no rumors have indicated a dramatically better ipc (in fact according to Intel they are about to hit the physical limits of silicon, so expecting a higher ipc without moving to graphene is a long shot).

yeah, you are probably right.  And with no real pressure from AMD, Intel can probably afford to slow things down a bit.  But there is always a lot of room for ipc improvements just with architectural innovations, even if the sizing stays the same.  

 

Makes you wonder how soon they will move to a completely new technology, like graphene or whatever they have up their sleeve.  They have said they do have a plan to move beyond silicon.

[Comessy]

What does the T stand for now?

[Alemagno31]

not impressed at all.. seems my 4790k is gonna have a VERY long life

[Sauron]

yeah, you are probably right.  And with no real pressure from AMD, Intel can probably afford to slow things down a bit.  But there is always a lot of room for ipc improvements just with architectural innovations, even if the sizing stays the same.  

 

Makes you wonder how soon they will move to a completely new technology, like graphene or whatever they have up their sleeve.  They have said they do have a plan to move beyond silicon.

 

Intel was saying 2017 for graphene iirc, amd has ONE shot at making their silicon work.

[CostcoSamples]

Intel was saying 2017 for graphene iirc, amd has ONE shot at making their silicon work.

wow that's cool.

 

I sincerely hope AMD can pull something off.  If not, it could be a while before another major competitor enters the market.

[Sauron]

wow that's cool.

 

I sincerely hope AMD can pull something off.  If not, it could be a while before another major competitor enters the market.

 

Yeah, me too. We really need intel and nvidia to have strong competition, otherwise they'll get complacent. Intel has increased performance by about 25% in 4 years, and that's NOT the way it used to be.

[Octagoncow]

Although I was really hoping for a 6 core option, the 6700K looks promising. I can't wait to see what the IPC improvement is. I'm upgrading from a 2500K so it's going to be a decent step up regardless.

[Godlygamer23]

What does the T stand for now?

It's for very low power CPUs.

[The Benjamins]

wow that's cool.

 

I sincerely hope AMD can pull something off.  If not, it could be a while before another major competitor enters the market.

 

If AMD dies it will take a company like apple, microsoft, google to force the market forward.

[patrickjp93]

Why even release broadwell -.-?

According to the source above, the skylake processors are nothing spectacular.

Where did you get that from? Leaking benchmarks are showing a 15% increase in performance over Haswell.

[patrickjp93]

Yeah, me too. We really need intel and nvidia to have strong competition, otherwise they'll get complacent. Intel has increased performance by about 25% in 4 years, and that's NOT the way it used to be.

That's hardly fair given we're grinding aganst the physical limits of silicon switching speeds at high temperatures. If you look back all the IPC gains were small and paired with moderate to large clock speed gains. That era is over and it's not Intel's fault. IBM is fairing no better.

[Sakkura]

What does the T stand for now?

 

As usual, S means Slow and T means Terrible.

 

(low-power and very low-power versions, with lower clocks)

[Sauron]

That's hardly fair given we're grinding aganst the physical limits of silicon switching speeds at high temperatures. If you look back all the IPC gains were small and paired with moderate to large clock speed gains. That era is over and it's not Intel's fault. IBM is fairing no better.

 

That's true, it's no fault of intel's if IPC hasn't improved much - but at the same time, thermal and size improvements should allow for more cores in the same die. Intel is currently filling that space with better igpus, which may make sense in i3s, but are pointless in i7s (more powerful ones are, of course some sort of igpu needs to be in there). I doubt manufacturing a 5960x costs them a lot more than manufacturing an i7 2600k did, so at least 6-cores should probably be a thing by now. Instead  content producers who want a significant upgrade need to step up to the x99 platform, with all the extra expenses it carries.

[typographie]

Why even release broadwell -.-?

According to the source above, the skylake processors are nothing spectacular.

 

Broadwell is likely going to be a 14 nanometer die-shrink, with that added efficiency rumored to go towards simple power savings. I have no idea why they're releasing it on desktop, or if they are at all.

 

Skylake is using that same 14 nanometer process. But instead of leaving the TDP very low like Broadwell is rumored to, the chart shows them pumping 95 Watts through the K-series SKUs instead. That [very tentatively] suggests a high clock speed ceiling. Intel hasn't released a mainstream product with a 95 Watt TDP since Sandy Bridge, which was an excellent overclocker.

[Sakkura]

That's true, it's no fault of intel's if IPC hasn't improved much - but at the same time, thermal and size improvements should allow for more cores in the same die. Intel is currently filling that space with better igpus, which may make sense in i3s, but are pointless in i7s (more powerful ones are, of course some sort of igpu needs to be in there). I doubt manufacturing a 5960x costs them a lot more than manufacturing an i7 2600k did, so at least 6-cores should probably be a thing by now. Instead  content producers who want a significant upgrade need to step up to the x99 platform, with all the extra expenses it carries.

 

As long as Intel's quad-cores are competitive against AMDs top FX processors, Intel can reserve 6+ cores for the enthusiast platform for a nice upsell.

[Eroda]

That's true, it's no fault of intel's if IPC hasn't improved much - but at the same time, thermal and size improvements should allow for more cores in the same die. Intel is currently filling that space with better igpus, which may make sense in i3s, but are pointless in i7s (more powerful ones are, of course some sort of igpu needs to be in there). I doubt manufacturing a 5960x costs them a lot more than manufacturing an i7 2600k did, so at least 6-cores should probably be a thing by now. Instead  content producers who want a significant upgrade need to step up to the x99 platform, with all the extra expenses it carries.

 

 

this is exactly what intel wants if you dont want iGPU move up to enthusiast grade hardware. just have to hope AMD has something to push intel forward