Intel's full specification official announcement of the Core X series, the top Core i9-7980XE release will be ahead of schedule

Intel announces full specification of high end desktop CPU "Core X" series. Frequency, price, release date, etc. were clarified. The top model Core i9 - 7980 XE appears to be ahead of schedule than originally planned.

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In the Core X series announced at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2017, the top model was 18 cores / 36 threads, and the series name became "Core i 9" as the top model, and it got a big reaction. A full lineup including the top model of the Core X series which was sold subordinate models such as "Core i9-7900X" of 10 cores / 20 threads in advance was made public.


In the notable Core i9 series, "Core i9-7980XE" of 18 cores / 36 threads is 2.6 GHz base clock, 16 cores / 32 threads "Core i9-7960X" is base clock 2.8 GHz, 14 cores / 28 threads " Core i9-7940X "is base clock 3.1 GHz, 12 core / 24 thread" Core i9-7920X "is the base clock 2.9 GHz, boost clock is 4.4 GHz for both models and 44 lanes for PCI-Express . TDP is up to 165 W at Core i 9 - 7940 X and above, Core i 9 series seems to be divided into lower models up to Core i 9 - 7920 X and upper models of Core i 9 - 7940 X and higher.


The Core X series, which is said to have difficulty in heat generation when the number of cores increases, the base clock is decreasing as the number of cores increases as expected. However, while the base clock of Core i9-7920X of the 12-core model is 2.9 GHz, the base clock of 14 cores and Core i9-7940X with a larger number of cores is upgraded to 3.1 GHz, so Core i9-7940X The above-mentioned higher model has the expectation that it is changed to soldering specification instead of grease.

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The price of the upper model of Core i 9 is Cost i 9-7980 XE for 1999 dollars (about 221,000 yen), Core i 9-7960 X for 1699 dollars (about 188,000 yen), Core i 9-7940 X for 1399 dollars 5000 yen), Core i9-7920X is $ 1100 (about 12,200 yen), the release date is Core i9-7920X on August 28, 2017, the model with Core i 9-7940X or higher is on September 25, 2017 became. The release date of the Core i9 upper model which was said to be after October 2017 was slightly advanced.

It is clear that the reason why the release of the high-end model was ahead of schedule is that the high-end CPU "Ryzen Threadripper" of rival AMD is released on August 10. Intel will have to compete with Ryzen Threadripper, which overwhelms the Intel CPU with cost performance, such as 16 cores / 32 threads of Ryzen Threadripper 1950X released for $ 999 (about 110,000 yen).

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Number of instructions executed per clock (IPC) And Intel 's Core i 9 series, which has advantages over boost clocks, and the overwhelming low price Manycore' s Ryzen Threadripper, but it is interesting to see what each CPU receives from high - end desktop users It is place. Furthermore, looking at only the model number, Intel's Core i 9 is "7980 "and" elongation mistake "are rare, while Ryzen Threadripper is" 19Five0 ", it seems that there is still room for growth. If the performance of AMD's Ryzen Threadripper 1950X, which is said to overwhelm Intel's Core i9-7900X, will exceed the performance of the upcoming high-end model Core i9 series, there is a possibility that further high-performance Ryzen Threadripper will appear is.