Desktop SKUs
If you thought that was information overload, let's look over the desktop lineup that Intel has planned for the Skylake family. First up, the 35-watt low TDP SKUs.
| Cores / Threads | Base Clock (GHz) | Max Turbo Clock (GHz) | Graphics | DDR4 Mem Speed (MHz) | DDR3L Mem Speed (MHz) | L3 Cache | TDP | cTDP | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i7-6700T | 4/8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | HD 530 | 2133 | 1600 | 8MB | 35w | - | $303 |
| Cores / Threads | Base Clock (GHz) | Max Turbo Clock (GHz) | Graphics | DDR4 Mem Speed (MHz) | DDR3L Mem Speed (MHz) | L3 Cache | TDP | cTDP | Price | |
| i5-6600T | 4/4 | 2.7 | 3.5 | HD 530 | 2133 | 1600 | 6MB | 35w | - | $213 |
| i5-6500T | 4/4 | 2.5 | 3.1 | HD 530 | 2133 | 1600 | 6MB | 35w | - | $192 |
| i5-6400T | 4/4 | 2.2 | 2.8 | HD 530 | 2133 | 1600 | 6MB | 35w | - | $182 |
| Cores / Threads | Base Clock (GHz) | Max Turbo Clock (GHz) | Graphics | DDR4 Mem Speed (MHz) | DDR3L Mem Speed (MHz) | L3 Cache | TDP | cTDP | Price | |
| i3-6300T | 2/4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | HD 530 | 2133 | 1600 | 4MB | 35w | - | $138 |
| i3-6100T | 2/4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | HD 530 | 2133 | 1600 | 3MB | 35w | - | $117 |
| Cores / Threads | Base Clock (GHz) | Max Turbo Clock (GHz) | Graphics | DDR4 Mem Speed (MHz) | DDR3L Mem Speed (MHz) | L3 Cache | TDP | cTDP | Price | |
| Pentium G4500T | 2/2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | HD 530 | 2133 | 1600 | 3MB | 35w | - | $75 |
| Pentium G4400T | 2/2 | 2.9 | 2.9 | HD 510 | 2133 | 1600 | 3MB | 35w | - | $64 |
Most of these will exist only for AIO PCs and small form factor builds though they will all be available in an LGA option if you want to build around them yourself. I'm impressed that Intel continues to be able to push the process technology to its limits by offering a quad-core HyperThreaded Core i7-6700T in that the 35 watt TDP level, even though it comes at the cost of a much lower base and Turbo clock than the K-series option.
| Cores / Threads | Base Clock (GHz) | Max Turbo Clock (GHz) | Graphics | DDR4 Mem Speed (MHz) | DDR3L Mem Speed (MHz) | L3 Cache | TDP | cTDP | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i7-6700 | 4/8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | HD 530 | 2133 | 1600 | 8MB | 65w | - | $303 |
| Cores / Threads | Base Clock (GHz) | Max Turbo Clock (GHz) | Graphics | DDR4 Mem Speed (MHz) | DDR3L Mem Speed (MHz) | L3 Cache | TDP | cTDP | Price | |
| i5-6600 | 4/4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | HD 530 | 2133 | 1600 | 6MB | 65w | - | $213 |
| i5-6500 | 4/4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | HD 530 | 2133 | 1600 | 6MB | 65w | - | $192 |
| i5-6400 | 4/4 | 2.7 | 3.3 | HD 530 | 2133 | 1600 | 6MB | 65w | - | $182 |
| Cores / Threads | Base Clock (GHz) | Max Turbo Clock (GHz) | Graphics | DDR4 Mem Speed (MHz) | DDR3L Mem Speed (MHz) | L3 Cache | TDP | cTDP | Price | |
| i3-6320 | 2/4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | HD 530 | 2133 | 1600 | 4MB | 47w | - | $149 |
| i3-6300 | 2/4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | HD 530 | 2133 | 1600 | 4MB | 47w | - | $138 |
| i3-6100 | 2/4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | HD 530 | 2133 | 1600 | 3MB | 47w | - | $117 |
| Cores / Threads | Base Clock (GHz) | Max Turbo Clock (GHz) | Graphics | DDR4 Mem Speed (MHz) | DDR3L Mem Speed (MHz) | L3 Cache | TDP | cTDP | Price | |
| Pentium G4520 | 2/2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | HD 530 | 2133 | 1600 | 3MB | 47w | - | $86 |
| Pentium G4500 | 2/2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | HD 530 | 2133 | 1600 | 3MB | 47w | - | $75 |
| Pentium G4400 | 2/2 | 3.4 | 3.4 | HD 510 | 2133 | 1600 | 3MB | 47w | - | $64 |
At 65 watt and 47 watt levels we have another round of Skylake parts that will no doubt be popular for system builds and mainstream rigs. For under $200 you can get the Core i5-6500 which offers a quad-core configuration (no HT) and a 3.2 GHz base clock speed - more than enough for a modest gaming PC. And if history is any indication, those bottom three Pentium branded processors, even though they are dual-core CPUs without HyperThreading, with prices well under $100 and clock rates as high as 3.6 GHz, will be mighty fine options for budget consumers.
| Cores / Threads | Base Clock (GHz) | Max Turbo Clock (GHz) | Graphics | DDR4 Mem Speed (MHz) | DDR3L Mem Speed (MHz) | L3 Cache | TDP | cTDP | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i7-6700K | 4/8 | 4.0 | 4.2 | HD 530 | 2133 | 1600 | 8MB | 91w | - | $339 |
| i5-6600K | 4/4 | 3.5 | 3.9 | HD 530 | 2133 | 1600 | 6MB | 91w | - | $242 |
Finally, the two CPUs we already knew about, the Core i7-6700K and the Core i5-6600K; unlocked overclocking friendly options for enthusiasts and gamers. These are still pretty hard to find though, which is more than slightly disappointing.
So there you go, the entire lineup of consumer Intel 6th Generation Core processors as it stands today. There will be more on the mobile market including those with Iris Pro graphics; unfortunately there aren't plans for any Iris Pro or Iris implementations for desktop / LGA consumer. That is the same disappointing result we had with Haswell and I thought we had this resolved when the Broadwell-based Core i7-5775C was announced earlier in the year. One step forward...
Even though we've already gotten hands on with the flagship Core i7-6700K I see several unique options in the lineup for desktop consumers that interest me based on their cost and potential for performance - look for some reviews of them coming up soon!
Typo at the 2nd page last
Typo at the 2nd page last very last row i5-6600K not i7-6600K
Fixed, thanks! If that’s the
Fixed, thanks! If that's the only error from my table creation…I'll be happy!
Shouldn’t the tables on page
Shouldn’t the tables on page one say DDR4 instead of LPDDR3?
No.
Skylake supports both
No.
Skylake supports both DDR3 and DDR4 so for mobile it will support simply phase out LPDDR3 and phase in LPDDR4 as pricing and availability merits.
Typo in the last chart I7 vs
Typo in the last chart I7 vs I5-6600K
That slide comparing a
That slide comparing a i5-6200U to a i5-520UM is just plain deceptive.
Hope there will be something
Hope there will be something equals 2500k 6.75GHZ before 2018.
If they made an unlocked i3
If they made an unlocked i3 priced to where they make more money from it than a low end i5 (since it’s cheaper to make dual cores than quad cores) they would make more money and it wouldn’t matter if it hurt the low end i5 sales. The resulting OC i3 would probably a great gaming chip while not beating an i5 at multitasking. There would be use cases for both.
With the advent of Vulkan and
With the advent of Vulkan and DX12, more cores are the name of the game for Intel, as that will allow them to sell more gaming related CPUs, and compete in the GPU space to a better extent. Four cores may not be needed today, but it will be tomorrow. Intel knows this.
From the benchmarks we have
From the benchmarks we have where intel keeps their lead over AMD, only with higher numbers, and some slides from AMD, Each additionnal core will still have diminishing returns.
From what I’ve seen, i5s have about 50% more multicore performance than i3s at the same clock speed, so if you could have an i3 clocked 50% higher, you’d get similar multicore performance with a lot better single thread performance.
Intel pays people to figure
Intel pays people to figure out how to make money and they seem to be doing a good job. Plus, they’ve already created CPU’s like the G3258 (unlocked Pentium) so they do experiment to see what’s worth it.
I don’t follow the logic of simply allowing dual-cores to be overclocked thus they’ll make more money. I’m quite sure the decision process of profitable is a lot more complex than that.
Seriously, that’s a looooot
Seriously, that’s a looooot of numbers. I always wonder does Intel perform some in house lottery for winning SKUs? There is no logic whatsoever with naming each new “generation”. In “” because not much changed since release of C2D & i7 920.
“unfortunately there aren’t
“unfortunately there aren’t plans for any Iris Pro or Iris implementations for desktop / LGA consumer.”
No successor for the 5775c?
Balls.
That thing is a monster gaming chip.
Kabylake…. Will likely be
Kabylake…. Will likely be skylake and edram.
Ryan – I assume the gain for
Ryan – I assume the gain for hyperthreading gets better with every generation as internal CPU resources improve?
I just saw this, but thought
I just saw this, but thought I’d comment.
I don’t think HT will improve in hardware. In software, yes as more programs including games are designed for multithreading.
For hardware, remember that the way HT works is to run a separate thread during the WAIT time for the main thread to access and retrieve its data from System Memory. If anything, I’d expect local cache on the CPU to optimize towards minimizing the wait time for the main thread thus reducing the time HT can be utilized.
For example, if the CPU is spending 25% of its time retrieving data with HT off then running another thread during that time will boost performance by as much as 33%.
However, if the caching can be improved so that only 10% of the time is wasted retrieving new data then the max gain with HT is only 11%.
(I’m not sure where the bandwidth issue is. Clearly they can load the data in from main memory for TWO threads running on the core to run it near 100% of the time so then why can’t they cache enough so the main thread isn’t waiting for new data? Again, I think it will improve thus reducing HT’s advantage perhaps to the point it makes no sense at all.)
On the first page you
On the first page you say
“Though the new Intel HD Graphics implementation has gone back to a 3-digit naming scheme, make no mistake, the Skylake GPU is a significant jump over Haswell. We did some early testing with the Core i7-6700K and found impressive improvements but I am very interested to see how the gains look on the 15-watt parts.”
Did you test the Haswell top of the line part vs the skylake top of the line part?
It would be interesting to look at. If you have the review maybe putting a link there would help.
So what is the explanation of
So what is the explanation of Iris Pro
not being released until 2016.
Iris Pro is Broadwell is shipping right now.
and it is 14 nm process.
So what is the delay.
Intel doing it deliberately?
I was just thinking yesterday
I was just thinking yesterday that the mobile parts would be coming soon. I was looking through newegg’s selection of G-Sync laptops and noticed all of MSI’s Broadwell models are discontinued. I figured it was either Skylake for mobile was just around the corner or a new Nvidia mobile part. The latter seemed far less likely.
Was this an announcement or a
Was this an announcement or a launch ?
FYI, if you configure an HP
FYI, if you configure an HP desktop PC with either I7-6700 or I7-6700K, they say it will ship on 10/7 — so they must have been promised a pile of them by Intel.