What is Skylake?

[Cheesecake_]

Title says it all really.

Thanks for your help!

 

[Wano97]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylake_(microarchitecture)

[SPAS-ID]

6th Gen Intel CPU

[sissj]

Skylake is Skynet

[Interfectorem]

It's a code name for Intel's latest 6th generation CPU architecture. It's an umbrella term for all 6th generation Intel CPU's.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylake_(microarchitecture)

[ValkyrieX]

http://ark.intel.com/products/codename/37572/Skylake?q=skylake

 

Products (Formerly Skylake)

Description:
Skylake is the codename for the Intel® processor microarchitecture that is the successor to the Broadwell microarchitecture. Most Skylake products are branded as 6th Generation Intel® Core™ processor for desktop and mobile client systems and Intel® Xeon® processor E3 v5 for single-socket server and workstation systems, in addition to some Pentium and Celeron-branded processors. Skylake is built on Intel’s 14 nm manufacturing process and delivers breakthroughs in performance and power efficiency over previous generation microarchitectures for high performance graphics, stunning high-resolution video playback, great system performance and responsiveness, even longer battery life, and stronger security.

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylake_%28microarchitecture%29

 

Skylake is the codename used by Intel for the 6th generation Core processor microarchitecture which was launched in August 2015 as the successor to the Broadwell microarchitecture. Skylake is a microarchitecture redesign using an already existing process technology, serving as a "tock" in the Intel's "tick-tock" manufacturing and design model. According to Intel, the redesign brings greater CPU and GPU performance and reduced power consumption. Skylake uses the same 14 nm manufacturing process as Broadwell.

An initial batch of Skylake CPUs (6600K and 6700K) was announced for immediate availability during the Gamescom on August 5, 2015, unusually soon after Broadwell. While the industry observers initially believed that the issues impacting Broadwell would also affect Skylake, newer information suggests that Intel will be seeking to recover by maintaining the traditional "tick-tock" cadence for Skylake and shortening Broadwell's release cycle instead. Other CPUs based on this architecture will be released later in 2015.

Intel states that Skylake is its "most significant processor" for a decade, due to the enhanced power efficiency and wire-free capabilities.

 

 

LTT: Luke L: Intel 6700K "Skylake" CPU

[Streetguru]

Title says it all really.

Thanks for your help!

a 5% IPC bump

[Ceatra]

it's a lake in the sky.... DUH!

[Cheesecake_]

So is it worth just sticking to my 4690k?

[Zamaj]

So is it worth just sticking to my 4690k?

 

Definitely. It most likely not at all worth an upgrade, unless you are in some very specific usage cases.

[Guest trucker2]

Annandtech did somke benchmarks in there review. some games you might get half a fps improvement over the 4690k

[Cheesecake_]

Annandtech did somke benchmarks in there review. some games you might get half a fps improvement over the 4690k

 

Definitely. It most likely not at all worth an upgrade, unless you are in some very specific usage cases.

 

Thank you!