Intel Core I7 8086k 4.00 Ghz

The Intel Cadre i7-8086K hits 5GHz without overclocking

Rumors and leaks virtually the Intel Core i7-8086K have been all over the web, so it was almost inevitable that nosotros would see it at Computex 2018 – and at present it'south finally official.

As previous reports suggested, the Intel Core i7-8068K is the make's most souped-upwardly Coffee Lake desktop processor to date. Intel calls it the first ever CPU to accomplish a v.0GHz turbo frequency – and that's all without overclocking the chip.

Otherwise the processor is outfitted with half dozen cores and 12 threads, plus a base of operations clockspeed of 4.0GHz. Comparatively, that's 300GHz faster than the visitor's previous Java Lake flagship Intel Cadre i7-8700K, and its TDP is still rated at the same 95W.

The processor was appear equally part of the run-upward to Intel's 50th anniversary on June 18. Every bit function of the festivities, Intel plans on giving abroad eight,086 Intel Core i7-8086K processors via a sweepstakes on its website (opens in new tab).

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Aside from the new processor, Intel talked about the futurity of its product lines. On the mobile side, Intel is planning a few more new mobile entries in the Amber Lake Y-series and Whiskey Lake U-series. Supposedly, these new mobile chipsets will deliver up to "double-digit" improvements over the current Java Lake series.

New X-series and adjacent-generation S-series chips are besides on the roadmap for desktops processors later this year, so nosotros may well see Cannon Lake sooner than nosotros idea.

The world of the best processors is most to become way more interesting

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