[Canard PC Hardware] Intel prepares Ryzen's response behind the scenes

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bjt2

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Don't you realize that comparing the performance of a MOBILE SOC (a lot of stuff together) with a 5W TDP against a 100W TDP CPU is hilarious ? Apple has never designed a CPU to compete in that segment and they don't have the need to right now. But as you guys are repeating performance=IPCxfrequency and I pointed out that Apple has already better IPC/architecture so It is only question of scalling frequency and redesigning the chip.

If you want to increase frequency, you must invariablily lower FO4, increasing stage count: this costs IPC (just a bit if the branch prediction is good), power (for the transistors needed to break stages) and area (for the transistors needed)... I don't know if the balance will be positive anymore...
 
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Nothingness

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Don't you realize that comparing the performance of a MOBILE SOC (a lot of stuff together) with a 5W TDP against a 100W TDP CPU is hilarious ?
I do, because I've been working in mobile chips for 20 years. You simply don't get the point.

Also note I wasn't the one who mentioned Apple initially.

Apple has never designed a CPU to compete in that segment and they don't have the need to right now. But as you guys are repeating performance=IPCxfrequency and I pointed out that Apple has already better IPC/architecture so It is only question of scalling frequency and redesigning the chip.
Yes, it's trivial to scale frequency and redesign the chip to reach Intel performance. In fact it's not that you don't get the point, you believe in unicorns
 

Borealis7

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Mainstream? Lol. Its X299 chipset so HEDT.
i don't know you, and you have 8 posts so you must be new here. maybe you are a long time poster on a different forum...
but HEDTs design models are marked X, and CFL-S 6+2 is pretty much confirmed slated for 2018 so not "lol" at all. (they even have a CFL-H 6+2 in the pipeline...crazy stuff)

but we are going off-topic and this will end here. i edit my posts too much...
 
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.vodka

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https://www.cpchardware.com/core-i7-7740k-et-i5-7640k-kaby-lake-x-lga2066/

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  • Core i7 7740K (QMM9 ES): Its base frequency is 4.30 GHz well (100 MHz more than 7700K) and its turbo frequency at 4.50 GHz (similar to 7700K). Hyper-Threading is enabled and has 8 MB of L3 cache. There is, however, a small subtlety. The Core i7 7700K is specified at 4.4 GHz in Turbo mode with all active cores and 4.5 GHz with a single active core. The Core i7 7740K is designed to operate at 4.5 GHz Turbo mode, regardless of the number of active cores. This makes it, in practice, a CPU at 4.50 GHz.
  • Core i5 7640K (QMMA ES): Although more disappointing than expected, the Core i5 7640K is clocked at 4.00 GHz good base against 3.80 GHz for the Core i5 7600K Socket LGA1151. A priori it is a gain, except that here: its Turbo mode is located at 4.2 GHz for a single active core, 4.1 GHz with two active cores and ... 4.0 GHz - its basic frequency - with 4 active cores ! Values strictly identical to the Core i5 7600K and which return to the removal of Turbo mode in Quad Core mode. This is enough to annihilate the interest of the increase in the base frequency. Regarding the presence of Hyper-Threading, Intel's internal documents indicate that it is disabled, but we still have no confirmation from a source that actually has a working CPU. As soon as our sample has found a compatible motherboard (which will not be long), we will confirm this point. Nevertheless, given the marketing abuse that seems to constitute this range of processors, we now have little hope.

It remains with these CPUs that Intel intends to compete with Ryzen. The acceleration of the timing - they are now in the final validation stage - demonstrates this. Without ruling on their performance, these Kaby Lake-X to resemble the time a joke in bad taste. Intel is obviously seeking (yet) to create novelty by all means to mask the lack of evolution in its architectures. These practices make us think of the detestable waltz of labels in the world of GPU. Should it be interpreted as a sign of excitement due to unexpected competition? Clearly !

Reminds me of the P4EE to counter Athlon 64 back in the day. That one was also known as Emergency Edition...
 

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https://www.cpchardware.com/core-i7-7740k-et-i5-7640k-kaby-lake-x-lga2066/

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Reminds me of the P4EE to counter Athlon 64 back in the day. That one was also known as Emergency Edition...

Pretty weak response. Even weaker than first envisaged.


Intel are either pretty confident that Ryzen won't challenge at the top end, or are absolutely f**ked with no ability to introduce credible* offerings in the near term.


*credible in this case referring to the desktop speed crown.
 

.vodka

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What is it, then? You seem to know something we don't. A knee jerk reaction to introduce LGA2066 then later add actual HEDT processors (Skylake-X) to it?

Please share.


edit: what is the point of a 7740k which is effectively skt1151 Kabylake with 4.5GHz 4 core turbo on an expensive LGA2066 quad channel memory board... something I can easily do right now with a dual channel cheap Z board and a 6/7700k?
 

JoeRambo

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Reminds me of the P4EE to counter Athlon 64 back in the day. That one was also known as Emergency Edition...


I really do hope that Intel will throw cache and EDRAM to the "problem". First in line to buy that 128MB EDRAM i7 7777K!
 
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.vodka

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I really do hope that Intel will throw cache and EDRAM to the "problem". First in line to buy that 128MB EDRAM i7 7777K!

It would actually make a difference this time to throw cache at the problem So much wasted potential after what we've seen with Broadwell + eDRAM... the i7 5775c punchs way above its weight.
 

jpiniero

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What is it, then? You seem to know something we don't. A knee jerk reaction to introduce LGA2066 then later add actual HEDT processors (Skylake-X) to it?
Please share.

It's been in the works for some time. My theory was that Intel wants to move the mainstream desktop processors to BGA only eventually; and decided that they would try Kaby-X to see if they could get enthusiasts to move to the HEDT socket.
 

lolfail9001

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edit: what is the point of a 7740k which is effectively skt1151 Kabylake with 4.5GHz 4 core turbo on an expensive LGA2066 quad channel memory board... something I can easily do right now with a dual channel cheap Z board and a 6/7700k?
You are explaining why it has nothing to do with Ryzen.

So far the only viable explanations involves moving all enthusiasts to their own reservation in form of Socket R and doing something else with mainstream socket.
 

Atari2600

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So far the only viable explanations involves moving all enthusiasts to their own reservation in form of Socket R and doing something else with mainstream socket.

Intel need to be careful with that.

PC enthusiasts was traditionally defined as those that would do more while spending less. They were specifically not those that would pay the exorbitant "top of the range" tax.

Making a specific socket for that market would open the possibility of a price hike on that market.
 

Justinbaileyman

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Guys, I'm not quite understanding this yet.. so is that new 7740k going to be compatible with the current 1151 socketed Z270 motherboards, or are we looking at another socket release and about how soon can we expect these new cpu's?
 

RichUK

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All those people who interpret KBL-X / SKL-X / Coffee Lake as reactions to Zen

There is exactly zero evidence that that is the case.

Bringing forward Kaby Lake-X as a response to Ryzen, a weak one at that, is the only way it can be interpreted.

Anyone with 2 brain cells could draw that conclusion, simply based on common sense and the information that is publicly available.
 

ShintaiDK

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Oh ok got it. I was kind of hoping for a 6c/12t release on Z270 but guess its not gonna happen.Finally got enough saved up for a upgrade to either a i7 7700K or AMD's Ryzen $350.00 equivalent, but i was trying to see who was going to be better between the Ryzen and the 7740k..

You get that in Q1 2018.
 
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