i7-6700k vs i7-4790k Devil Canyon. Skylake 10% - 29% performance increase over Devil Canyon!

[JerkyMcDilerino]

So the question is, is it worth it to upgrade from X99 to Skylake? or waiting the actual real performance between broadwell and skylake? 

 

 

http://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/first-review-of-intel-core-i7-6700k-skylake-published-up-to-29-faster-than-core-i7-4790k/

 

http://wccftech.com/wipintel-skylake-core-i7-6700k-core-i7-4790k-devils-canyon-performance-benchmarks-leaked-tested-ecs-z170-claymore-motherboard/

 

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/ready-to-get-out-of-devils-canyon-core-i7-6700k-benchmarks-leak/

 

http://www.game-debate.com/news/?news=17459&cpu=Core%20i7-6700K%204-Core%204.0GHz&title=First%20Intel%20Core%20i7-6700K%20Benchmarks%20Reveal%2010-29%20Per%20Cent%20Performance%20Gains

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

Why are they still 4 cores damn it, it's time to move to 8 Cores all across. 

Edit : all of you stop quoting me to say 8 cores doesn't matter, i'm a heavy reader and editing user, if i am buying i7's for my work flow, i should be getting 8 cores out of i7's not still the same old 4 cores. and that too if i am buying the top of the line processors like 6700k 

[Biggerisbetter]

If you read the report the 29% increase is only on GPU part of the chip.

[Senzelian]

Why are they still 4 cores damn it, it's time to move to 8 Cores all across. 

Not really...  :lol: 

 

[JerkyMcDilerino]

If you read the report the 29% increase is only on GPU part of the chip.

Nope, its the chip overall performance. 

[Ostwind]

Posting CoC, please supply your own opinion on the matter rather than just posting links.

[Sam Z Man]

Why are they still 4 cores damn it, it's time to move to 8 Cores all across.

Wait why?

[minibois]

You should really read this: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/11724-read-before-posting-in-this-section/

Include quotes, pictures and your own thought on this in your thread.

 

And I think this is already posted here:

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/404404-benchmarks-of-the-skylake-i7-6700k-have-emerged-only-marginally-faster-than-4790k/

[Aytex]

Not really...  :lol: 

 

nah we need 69 cores

[minibois]

Wait why?

Because 8 is more than 4

[Enderman]

Why are they still 4 cores damn it, it's time to move to 8 Cores all across. 

Intel JUST started putting 8 core CPUs for x99 extreme edition

These are CONSUMER CPUs

Not freaking server or enthusiast CPUs

 

There is absolutely no benefit to having 16 threads for 99% of the people buying these CPUs and it would just make the prices go up

[Bogica]

Sooooo how about a real use case scenario instead of some synthetic Bullpoop benchmarks? Yeah, just as I thought, the difference in real use cases would be minimal. The CPU race for desktop is long dead. Now it's a power use race, which uses less power... Which is something no one really cares about on their desktop PC.

[niofalpha]

Why are they still 4 cores damn it, it's time to move to 8 Cores all across. 

Why when most tasks don't even use 4?

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

Intel JUST started putting 8 core CPUs for x99 extreme edition

These are CONSUMER CPUs

Not freaking server or enthusiast CPUs

 

There is absolutely no benefit to having 16 threads for 99% of the people buying these CPUs and it would just make the prices go up

you know people said the same when there were only dual cores all across,  it's not like Intel is for atheist anymore, they are not impressing them as it is,  the i7's should have been 8 cores, no benefit? have you rendered anything with 8 cores? you know how much difference there is with a 4 core ?

if i am buying an i7 series of work production, i should be getting as 8 core, still having an i7 4 cores even with the high end is just stupid at this point 

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

Why when most tasks don't even use 4?

people buy i7's for editing and rendering, i am not buying xeons for them i will buy an i7's and 8 cores do matter, stop just thinking about normal applications and gaming. 

[marldorthegreat]

 

[niofalpha]

people buy i7's for editing and rendering, i am not buying xeons for them i will buy an i7's and 8 cores do matter, stop just thinking about normal applications and gaming. 

Then they can get a Xeon or an LGA 2011 CPU? 

[JerkyMcDilerino]

Go get a job at WCCF with your stupid clickbait title

I will take that as a bs compliment sir. As least i got a job to take care of my life rather than asking  parent for money and you know they will say no.  Also, i think 29% increase is astonishing how Intel can manage that while AMD haven't got their toy up and running yet. 

[Enderman]

you know people said the same when there were only dual cores all across,  it's not like Intel is for atheist anymore, they are not impressing them as it is,  the i7's should have been 8 cores, no benefit? have you rendered anything with 8 cores? you know how much difference there is with a 4 core ?

if i am buying an i7 series of work production, i should be getting as 8 core, still having an i7 4 cores even with the high end is just stupid at this point 

I have an i7 with 4 cores and 8 threads and it works perfectly fine for rendering

Do you know how few people render videos? Like 0.01% of the people who buy i5s and i7s

 

If you are doing rendering for a living then you can afford to buy an 8 core extreme edition or 18 core xeon

Stop complaining about not enough cores on the consumer chips because I highly doubt people want to pay 2x more for something useless in gaming

If you need 8 cores go buy yourself a 5960x

[Bogica]

you know people said the same when there were only dual cores all across,  it's not like Intel is for atheist anymore, they are not impressing them as it is,  the i7's should have been 8 cores, no benefit? have you rendered anything with 8 cores? you know how much difference there is with a 4 core ?

if i am buying an i7 series of work production, i should be getting as 8 core, still having an i7 4 cores even with the high end is just stupid at this point 

They should have pushed to 6 cores at least. Or i5 6 core, i7 8 core or something like that.

This "there is no use for more cores" argument is stupid as hell. Well, there was no use when people went from single to dual core and from dual to quad core, but look where we are now! There is use, as soon as most consumers have CPUs with more cores, the software developers will have to code for more cores. A Steam hardware research showed most consumers using dual cores and quad cores, until that changes, you won't see software (unless it's professional) that can utilize more cores and that WILL happen when Intel decides it's time to add more cores.

[othertomperson]

you know people said the same when there were only dual cores all across,  it's not like Intel is for atheist anymore, they are not impressing them as it is,  the i7's should have been 8 cores, no benefit? have you rendered anything with 8 cores? you know how much difference there is with a 4 core ?

if i am buying an i7 series of work production, i should be getting as 8 core, still having an i7 4 cores even with the high end is just stupid at this point 

 

There are products for that use-case, and being an esoteric use case most people don't care about you have to pay for it by going X99.

 

And you know what, most people are good with dual cores. Most people do not need more than a Pentium or an i3. Even most people on this forum who actually stress their CPUs more than most people see little benefit moving from a i5 4440 right the way up to a 5960X.

 

 

They should have pushed to 6 cores at least. Or i5 6 core, i7 8 core or something like that.

This "there is no use for more cores" argument is stupid as hell. Well, there was no use when people went from single to dual core and from dual to quad core, but look where we are now! There is use, as soon as most consumers have CPUs with more cores, the software developers will have to code for more cores. A Steam hardware research showed most consumers using dual cores and quad cores, until that changes, you won't see software (unless it's professional) that can utilize more cores and that WILL happen when Intel decides it's time to add more cores.

 

The hardware that already exists is way ahead of the needs of software. You're acting like the hardware most people have is holding back the development of software and it isn't.

[Enderman]

I will take that as a bs compliment sir. As least i got a job to take care of my life rather than asking  parent for money and you know they will say no. 

Good job, you actually know how to read the articles now. Maybe you will soon learn of the difference between overall CPU performance and iGPU performance...

[Nineshadow]

Nope, its the chip overall performance. 

In graphical benchmarks...so it's mainly iGPU performance.

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

Then they can get a Xeon or an LGA 2011 CPU? 

how about no? not everyone buys an xeon just because it's for high end use. i should be able to get 8 cores out of a high end consumer processors. you are the same people who told get an xeon when intel was making 2 cores for all their processor, it might not be relevant you, but it is for others.

[marldorthegreat]

Why are they still 4 cores damn it, it's time to move to 8 Cores all across. 

Edit : all of you stop quoting me to say 8 cores doesn't matter, i'm a heavy reader and editing user, if i am buying i7's for my work flow, i should be getting 8 cores out of i7's not still the same old 4 cores. and that too if i am buying the top of the line processors like 6700k 

HYPERTHREADING MAKES IT EQUAL TO 8 CORES.