Intel launches 8th-gen Core desktop chips, claims new Core i7-8700K The Best Gaming Chip Ever
Intel pushed further ahead into its 8th-generation Core series with the launch of its mainstream desktop chips on Sunday night, including the 6-core/12-thread Core i7-8700K, which Intel claims is its best gaming chip ever. Intel also beefed up its Core i5 family with 6-core parts, as well as its first quad-core Core i3.
Orders for the Intel’s new Core desktop chips will begin on Oct. 5, Anand Srivatsa, general manager of the desktop platform group at Intel, said. They will begin shipping later in the fourth quarter. Though Intel executives didn’t use the term, the new chips have been referred to as part of the “Coffee Lake” family.
Of the six new desktop chips that Intel announced, the flagship offering is clearly the Core i7-8700K, which Srivatsa touted as its best gaming processor ever. The new Core i7-8700K will offer an additional 25 percent in frames per second running Microsoft’s Gears of War 4, versus its 7th-gen Core i7-7700K—a 4-core, 8-thread part. Multitasking, though—such as gaming, streaming, and recording using the popular Player Unknown: Battlegrounds—will be a whopping 45 percent faster than a 7th-gen part, executives said.
In part, that’s because the quad-core mainstream desktop parts of yesteryear are now 6-core, 12-thread parts, as are the Core i5s. Intel’s 8th-gen Core i3 chips, by contrast, are now quad-core parts. All are what Intel calls “14-nm++” parts, combining an improved design with process tweaks. In all, Intel launched six new chips:
Intel Core i7-8700K: 6 cores/12 threads at 3.7 GHz, boost to 4.7 GHz; $359
Intel Core i7-8700: 6 cores/12 threads at 3.2 GHz, boost to 4.6 GHz; $303
Intel Core i5-8600K: 6 cores/6 threads at 3.6 GHz, boost to 4.3 GHz; $257
Intel Core i5-8400: 6 cores/6 threads at 2.8 GHz, boost to 4 GHz; $182
Intel Core i3-8350K: 4 cores/4 threads at 4 GHz, no boost capabilities; $168
Intel Core i3-8100: 4 cores/4 threads at 3.6-GHz, no boost capabilities; $117
Intel Coffee Lake 8th gen speeds and feeds
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Intel’s new 8th-gen Core desktop parts.
Why this matters: Offering additional cores for the same price as an Intel chip has been one of the hallmarks of AMD’s Ryzen offerings. By bumping up its own core count, Intel is not only making itself more competitive, but also trying to cut in to one of the selling points of the Ryzen.
Orders for the Intel’s new Core desktop chips will begin on Oct. 5, Anand Srivatsa, general manager of the desktop platform group at Intel, said. They will begin shipping later in the fourth quarter. Though Intel executives didn’t use the term, the new chips have been referred to as part of the “Coffee Lake” family.
Of the six new desktop chips that Intel announced, the flagship offering is clearly the Core i7-8700K, which Srivatsa touted as its best gaming processor ever. The new Core i7-8700K will offer an additional 25 percent in frames per second running Microsoft’s Gears of War 4, versus its 7th-gen Core i7-7700K—a 4-core, 8-thread part. Multitasking, though—such as gaming, streaming, and recording using the popular Player Unknown: Battlegrounds—will be a whopping 45 percent faster than a 7th-gen part, executives said.
In part, that’s because the quad-core mainstream desktop parts of yesteryear are now 6-core, 12-thread parts, as are the Core i5s. Intel’s 8th-gen Core i3 chips, by contrast, are now quad-core parts. All are what Intel calls “14-nm++” parts, combining an improved design with process tweaks. In all, Intel launched six new chips:
Intel Core i7-8700K: 6 cores/12 threads at 3.7 GHz, boost to 4.7 GHz; $359
Intel Core i7-8700: 6 cores/12 threads at 3.2 GHz, boost to 4.6 GHz; $303
Intel Core i5-8600K: 6 cores/6 threads at 3.6 GHz, boost to 4.3 GHz; $257
Intel Core i5-8400: 6 cores/6 threads at 2.8 GHz, boost to 4 GHz; $182
Intel Core i3-8350K: 4 cores/4 threads at 4 GHz, no boost capabilities; $168
Intel Core i3-8100: 4 cores/4 threads at 3.6-GHz, no boost capabilities; $117
Intel Coffee Lake 8th gen speeds and feeds
Intel
Intel’s new 8th-gen Core desktop parts.
Why this matters: Offering additional cores for the same price as an Intel chip has been one of the hallmarks of AMD’s Ryzen offerings. By bumping up its own core count, Intel is not only making itself more competitive, but also trying to cut in to one of the selling points of the Ryzen.
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