Possible Intel Skylake CPUs Revealed: 95 Watt Core i7-6700K and Core i5-6600K

[tonymacx86]

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Leaked Intel roadmap slides have revealed a few early details about the next version of CPUs. Intel's 'Skylake' platform, which will be out sometime in 2016. These CPUs should go with unreleased LGA 1151 socketed motherboards.

According to Kitguru, the specs for the two top CPUs will be:

Core i7-6700K – 4 cores with Hyper-Threading, 4.0GHz frequency, 4.20GHz maximum Turbo Boost frequency, 8MB last-level cache, dual-channel DDR3/DDR4 memory controller with 1600MHz or 2133MHz support, 95W TDP, Intel HD Graphics 5000-series integrated graphics core, LGA1151 packaging;

Core i5-6600K – 4 cores, 3.50GHz frequency, 3.90GHz maximum Turbo Boost frequency, 6MB last-level cache, dual-channel DDR3/DDR4 memory controller with 1600MHz or 2133MHz support, 95W TDP, Intel HD Graphics 5000-series integrated graphics core, LGA1151 packaging;

Source:
http://www.kitguru.net/components/c...ns-of-unlocked-intel-skylake-processors-leak/

See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylake_(microarchitecture)

 

[poopie420]

Core i7-6700K – 4 cores with Hyper-Threading, 4.0GHz frequency, 4.20GHz maximum Turbo Boost frequency, 8MB last-level cache, dual-channel DDR3/DDR4 memory controller with 1600MHz or 2133MHz support, 95W TDP, Intel HD Graphics 5000-series integrated graphics core, LGA1151 packaging;

Core i5-6600K – 4 cores, 3.50GHz frequency, 3.90GHz maximum Turbo Boost frequency, 6MB last-level cache, dual-channel DDR3/DDR4 memory controller with 1600MHz or 2133MHz support, 95W TDP, Intel HD Graphics 5000-series integrated graphics core, LGA1151 packaging;

I don't get it - My NUC5i5RYK has Intel HD Graphics 5500 and I just ordered a NUC5i7RYH that has Intel Iris HD Graphics 6100.

Why the step down to only Intel HD Graphics 5000 for Skylake???

 

[tonymacx86]

I don't get it - My NUC5i5RYK has Intel HD Graphics 5500 and I just ordered a NUC5i7RYH that has Intel Iris HD Graphics 6100.

Why the step down to only Intel HD Graphics 5000 for Skylake???

I think what they mean by that is '5000 series'. It's likely that the new Broadwell integrated graphics Intel HD 5300/5500 will be used.

 

[B-San]

Interesting that if the #'s are accurate the 6700K would would have a slightly lower clock speed (max turbo boost) then the 4790K.

Maybe the ability to work with DDR4 is a factor?

 

[RMJ114]

Those are definitely weird specs. Maybe it's all about the DDR4, but why DDR3? Are they going to be 1150 backwards compatible?

Last I heard, the next gen GPU was gonna have twice the execution units. Maybe they will wait one more gen? or maybe they had a change of mind and will make them HD 7000, as HD 6000 are already available.

I know Intel has been mainly focused on GPU updates since AMD bought out ATI. I know the 4000 are 20 EUs, The 5000 are 24 EU, the 6000 are 48 EUs, so maybe the 7000 will be doubled again to 96 EUs? at least 50% increase to 72 EUs.

Hopefully they are backwards compatible to 1150. Since there has been so much focus by intel on GPUs, I doubt they would need to change sockets, unless they want to force us to buy new MB too. But I see no reason to have DDR3 support unless backwards compatible.

 

[toleda]

Hopefully they are backwards compatible to 1150.

No backward compatibility; Skylake/LGA 1151 socket motherboards are called Series 100.

Haswell/8 or 9 Series: HD4400, HD4600, HD5000, Iris 5100, Iris Pro 5200
Broadwell/8 or 9 Series: HD 5300, HD 5500, HD 5600, HD 6000, Iris 6100, Iris Pro 6200
Skylake/100 or 110 Series: HD6300, HD6500, etc.
Cannonlake/100 or 110 Series: HD7300, HD 7500, etc. (guess)

Source: Intel HD and Iris Graphics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Austere.J]

Wow, lower Turbo frequency than i7-4790K.

Shouldn't graphics cards for Skylake be HD6300~HD7200? Why 5000 series?

 

[Tiuno]

Hi guys,

As some may know. It is not only about high frequencies but as well about the number of clock cycles it takes to execute an instruction. So if the number of cycles is lower for all the instructions then high clock rates are not justified and take up power. Meaning that the improvement might have been rather focused on the instruction set.

Cheers!

 

[budafilms]

http://www.vrworld.com/2015/03/25/i...cpus-for-desktop-skylake-debuting-in-october/