Allen
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Joined: Oct 1999
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Ohio USA
Zen 8core/16thread, 6core/12thread, and 4core/8thread CPUs will be competing with Intel "Flagship" Kaby Lake 4core/8thread devices -- that will also be launched in January.
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..Intel's 7th generation Core Kaby Lake desktop CPUs won't officially launch until January next year..
The flagship Core i7-7700K SKU is a quad-core CPU with support for Intel Hyper-Threading and works at 3.2GHz base and 4.5GHz maximum Turbo clock. It has 8MB of L3 cache, 95W TDP and comes with Intel HD Graphics 630 IGP..
..there aren't any noticeable IPC improvements as its performance is the same as an overclocked Core i7-6700K CPU [basically, i7-7700K beats the current "Flagship" i7-6700K by 3 percent in most tests]...
Interestingly, the i7-7700K 4core/8thread 3.2GHz base frequency is the same as the rumored Zen 8core/16thread version. The i7-7700K is rumored to "run hot" and need good cooling to hit the higher frequencies with a serious work load.
I assume i7-7700K 4core will out perform Zen 8core in many games. But, it may turn out closer than expected because the CPU is not the key driver of FPS in most games (the key driver of FPS is normally the GPU). We'll soon see.
