Intel Core i7 8700K pictured, i3-8350 and i3-8100 specs leaked

[Mr_Troll]

 

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Intel Coffe Lake i3 series

 

The following The leak specs sheet was published on a Chinese website. By design, it corresponds to Intel’s official datasheet, which may or may not suggests that we are looking at a real thing.

According to leaked image the i3-8350K processor is quad-core with base clock of 4 GHz and overclocking enabled. A slower variant with base frequency of 3.6 GHz is also listed as i3-8100, but this part is not overclockable.

 

 

Intel Core i7 8700k smiles for the camera

 

The first pictures allegedly showing upcoming 6-core 8700K processor have also emerged today at Baidu. We are looking at 2 different processors (the one on the right is different than the first two).

Along with the photo, CPU-Z benchmark result was also published showing 2323 single-thread performance and 13980 multi-thread performance. This is better than i7-7700K by 4443 points, but no confirmation was posted that we are in fact looking at 8700K benchmark (could be anything really).

 

 

   

 

a  user in the forum replied comparing it to a 4770k and 7700k:

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SivertOlsen:

Comparing my 4770K @ 4.2Ghz vs the reference info from CPU-Z on a 7700K, gives me the following.
4770K @ 4.2Ghz - 1828/8304 (OC on all cores)
7700K @ 4.2Ghz - 2301/9993 (CPU-Z, not sure if ref is OC on all cores)
8700K @ 3.7Ghz - 2323/13980 (6-core/12-Threads)

~500 score differences on ST.

Doesnt look like the biggest improvements on IPC, or any at all. But these are all vary vague numbers and nothing has been thoroughly tested by TechReviewers. We can only hope that it has some improvements over Kaby Lake other than more cores

Kaby lake with more cores?  

 

Source: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/PC_Shopping/M.1502192689.A.E11.html

https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/PC_Shopping/M.1502192689.A.E11.html

https://videocardz.com/71740/intel-core-i7-8700k-pictured-i3-8350-and-i3-8100-specs-leaked

 

[Ryujin2003]

So, why would anyone buy an i5 over a k sku i3?

[jnkokseby]

1 minute ago, Ryujin2003 said:

So, why would anyone buy an i5 over a k sku i3?

The i5 will probably be a 6-core k sku

[Ravager911]

At last Intel gives us more cores on the mainstream plattform.

Hopefully they get the pricing competetive.

[Ryujin2003]

Just now, jnkokseby said:

The i5 will probably be a 6-core k sku

Um... Why don't they just retire the Celeron and Pentium line up, use the i3 instead, that way they aren't cannibalizing the i3, and use OC on i5 and higher? I really don't think they were prepared for the Ryzen launch. But again, this is some random Chinese website that should be taken with salt.

[GatioH]

1 minute ago, jnkokseby said:

The i5 will probably be a 6-core k sku

I’d rather get a 4/8 over a 6/6 for -$90 (for locked skew)

[DrMacintosh]

I didn't know they stacked ?that high  

[Sauron]

4 minutes ago, Ryujin2003 said:

Um... Why don't they just retire the Celeron and Pentium line up, use the i3 instead, that way they aren't cannibalizing the i3, and use OC on i5 and higher? I really don't think they were prepared for the Ryzen launch. But again, this is some random Chinese website that should be taken with salt.

Probably because having both quad core and 6 core i5s might be confusing. But then again amd doesn't seem to care. In the end it doesn't really matter what they call them.

[2FA]

3 minutes ago, GatioH said:

I’d rather get a 4/8 over a 6/6 for -$90 (for locked skew)

HT only adds about 30% performance in properly scaling software whereas adding two physical cores scales better. Time will tell though.

[Bruno_A]

4 minutes ago, GatioH said:

I’d rather get a 4/8 over a 6/6 for -$90 (for locked skew)

If the rumor is right, the i3's won't have hyperthreading.

[GatioH]

2 minutes ago, bruny06 said:

If the rumor is right, the i3's won't have hyperthreading.

Hopefully

[Hunter259]

13 minutes ago, Ryujin2003 said:

So, why would anyone buy an i5 over a k sku i3?

Because hyper threading can give anywhere from no benefit to near double benefit. If you are absolutely hammering both CPU's the i5 will be faster. Games will be a complete wash however.

[vanished]

If the 8000 series i5 and i7 do come out as hex cores, that will be very interesting indeed.  It will mean that Intel has chosen to fight AMD "in their own territory" rather than just continue focusing on the advantage they have (clockspeed on fewer cores).  If the i7 8700k really does come out as a 6/12 @ 3.7 GHz Intel'll have given up the only advantage they had and thrust AMD firmly into the lead since Ryzen 5s can run faster than that.  As much as people were begging them for more cores and hoping they'd "catch up", it still would have made sense to offer a high speed 4/8 for pure gamers

[NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle]

6 minutes ago, GatioH said:

Hopefully

Why?

[WhyCry]

Uhm great, why I even bother posting on my own site if everything is copied, even pictures are hotlinked. 

[Flavio hc 16]

3 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

If the 8000 series i5 and i7 do come out as hex cores, that will be very interesting indeed.  It will mean that Intel has chosen to fight AMD "in their own territory" rather than just continue focusing on the advantage they have (clockspeed on fewer cores).  If the i7 8700k really does come out as a 6/12 @ 3.7 GHz Intel'll have given up the only advantage they had and thrust AMD firmly into the lead since Ryzen 5s can run faster than that.  As much as people were begging them for more cores and hoping they'd "catch up", it still would have made sense to offer a high speed 4/8 for pure gamers

You know that 3.7 ghz is  base clock and the 8700k is supposed to have an all core boost ( 2.0) of 4.3 ghz or something like that with a single core boost in the 4.6 to 4.7 ghz range?

I love amd ryzen, but for gamingthe 8700k is going to be an utter beast

[vanished]

1 minute ago, Flavio hc 16 said:

You know that 3.7 ghz is  base clock and the 8700k is supposed to have an all core boost ( 2.0) of 4.3 ghz or something like that with a single core boost in the 4.6 to 4.7 ghz range?

I love amd ryzen, but for gamingthe 8700k is going to be an utter beast

I didn't know that.  If it's true that would make sense, since that's what they need to hold on to the lead in that market.

[Misanthrope]

22 minutes ago, Ryujin2003 said:

Um... Why don't they just retire the Celeron and Pentium line up, use the i3 instead, that way they aren't cannibalizing the i3, and use OC on i5 and higher? I really don't think they were prepared for the Ryzen launch. But again, this is some random Chinese website that should be taken with salt.

The problem for intel is well, AMD: since they offer a 4/4 minimum spec they'd need to compete with that. This doesn't means that they could get an 8/8 or 8/16 part in time for this particular launch meaning that they couldn't match up to the R7 Ryzens in core count so the middle man, the i5 had to suffer.

 

Honestly this will be all over the place for consumers in the future: They'll be able to get a 6/12 part from AMD or a 6/6 from intel. The 6/6 stronger cores from intel should comfortable win most scenarios except those where SMT/HT matter a lot so my guess is that content creator recommendations will be the 1600 and the gamer recommendation will be the 8500/8600k from intel. Unless games start to take more advantage of SMT/HT in which case this all goes out of the window.

 

My head hurts now, but you get my point.

[dizmo]

Interesting. I don't really put tons of weight into rumors, but this is looking to be a very interesting battle leading into 2018.

For ITX systems I still think Intel is the way to go.

20 minutes ago, Ryujin2003 said:

So, why would anyone buy an i5 over a k sku i3?

More actual cores, not HT threads.

16 minutes ago, Ryujin2003 said:

Um... Why don't they just retire the Celeron and Pentium line up, use the i3 instead, that way they aren't cannibalizing the i3, and use OC on i5 and higher? I really don't think they were prepared for the Ryzen launch. But again, this is some random Chinese website that should be taken with salt.

Why? There's millions upon millions of machines that don't need anything nearly as powerful as an i3.

They scrambled at first, but I think this restructuring might have some impact. Intel generally gets nicer motherboards.

15 minutes ago, GatioH said:

I’d rather get a 4/8 over a 6/6 for -$90 (for locked skew)

I wouldn't. I'd definitely go for more actual cores, provided they're the same TDP.

3 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

If the 8000 series i5 and i7 do come out as hex cores, that will be very interesting indeed.  It will mean that Intel has chosen to fight AMD "in their own territory" rather than just continue focusing on the advantage they have (clockspeed on fewer cores).  If the i7 8700k really does come out as a 6/12 @ 3.7 GHz Intel'll have given up the only advantage they had and thrust AMD firmly into the lead since Ryzen 5s can run faster than that.  As much as people were begging them for more cores and hoping they'd "catch up", it still would have made sense to offer a high speed 4/8 for pure gamers

The current i7 beats the AMD equivalent at most games though, doesn't it? Since it maintains it's single core score, wouldn't that put it ahead, regardless of the speed at which the AMD chips run?

I'm most disappointed in the 8700 leaks. I was hoping it'd at least be on par with the 7700, not dropping 400mhz.

[Bruno_A]

13 minutes ago, GatioH said:

Hopefully

Why hopefully?

[Misanthrope]

3 minutes ago, Flavio hc 16 said:

You know that 3.7 ghz is  base clock and the 8700k is supposed to have an all core boost ( 2.0) of 4.3 ghz or something like that with a single core boost in the 4.6 to 4.7 ghz range?

I love amd ryzen, but for gamingthe 8700k is going to be an utter beast

It will be indeed, but I fully expect AMD to counter in their tried and true method: Slash the fuck out of the current Ryzen prizes and bam: they take back everything but that top end in price to performance.

[Unhelpful]

i3 8350 lol

[vanished]

Just now, dizmo said:

The current i7 beats the AMD equivalent at most games though, doesn't it? Since it maintains it's single core score, wouldn't that put it ahead, regardless of the speed at which the AMD chips run?

I'm most disappointed in the 8700 leaks. I was hoping it'd at least be on par with the 7700, not dropping 400mhz.

The 7700k is still the best gaming chip, yes, but that's at 4.8 GHz.  If they drop the 8700k down significantly I could imagine it being beat in many games.

 

That said, this was already "resolved" above - apparently it will actually have an effective base clock of 4.3 GHz with turbos up to the 4.6 - 4.7 GHz range, which means you could probably overclock the whole thing to 4.8 without much difficulty, and in doing so, firmly cement the 8700k as the king of gaming CPUs for another generation.

[Princess Luna]

Every one should skip these and just buy AMD for a whole generation to force Intel making actual good value offerings on 10nm next year

[VagabondWraith]

This is great news for all. These processors are going to be unmatched for gaming and even some productivity. Overclock this CPU to 4.7-5.0 and that's a straight behemoth of a processor.