Intel Announces 28 Core 5GHz CPU

[Brandon Veen]

At Computex, among other things, Intel demoed a new 28 core processor running at 5GHz.
It got a score of 7334 in Cinebench R15.
And apparently it's going to be released by the end of the year.

Not much other information out there about it, looks like the base clock might be 2.7GHz though.

Here's some links to the different articles on it:
- Tom's Hardware: At Computex, Intel Demos A 28-Core Processor Clocked At 5GHz
- Engadget: Intel will launch a 28-core 5GHz CPU by the end of the year
- AnandTech: Intel’s 28-Core 5 GHz CPU: Coming in Q4

 

[L. Langer]

And ASUS just outed their own ProArt workstation equivalent to the (laughingly) current Mac Pro, copycat trashcan design and all, that may end up with that chip. What weird times we live in!

 

[Misha Engel]

Yep, cooled with a phase change cooler and a estimated peak power usage of around 800-1000W

It's an un-locked overclocked golden sample of the 8180 successor ($10k) (the successor of the 8180 is already in use at selected partners of Intel).

 

[Sterling Williams]

Thats awesome. Did they give any hint to the price point? and have they announced any other processors this year (successor to coffe lake/skylake x) ?

 

[Brandon Veen]

Thats awesome. Did they give any hint to the price point? and have they announced any other processors this year (successor to coffe lake/skylake x) ?

No hint on price yet, but I hope they drop that information soon.

They also announced Whiskey Lake and Amber Lake, with “double digit performance” over Kaby Lake (but not Coffee Lake?). They’re U and Y series chips. Intel spent a good amount talking about mobile tech. They showcased some Optane stuff too.

Something else kind of cool though is they announced a limited edition i7 8086K. 6 Cores, 12 Threads. Base of 4GHz, Turbos to 5GHz. Comes out on the 8th, and they’re doing a giveaway of 8086 of them. No pricing on it either yet.

 

[Marc Wielage]

 

[Sabovic Adis]

How about Threadripper 2, with 32 cores? :ihih:

 

[rand thompson]

That's a good one Marc!

 

[Brandon Veen]

How about Threadripper 2, with 32 cores? :ihih:

Lot of competition at the top these days.
AMD's comeback, besides a couple missteps, has been fairly solid.
Hopefully when both these chips are out, somebody like Puget will put them through the paces.

If AMD makes the jump to 7nm next year on the CPU end, that'll make it even more enticing.
I can't completely tell if now is a great or horrible time to start my new build (for presumably the next few years).

I'd love to see some tests in RealityCapture for these new chips.
I was going to just go for an X-Series i9 build, but will the new announcements it might be worth it to wait a little longer.

 

[Sabovic Adis]

This just in.
Don't know if this is trustworthy...:leaving:

 

[Antony Newman]

I think the Intel 5GHz announcement is to try and take the thunder out of AMDs nexts enterprise chips.

My guess is that data centres would rather not use 1700+ Watt coooler on each motherboard ... and so this might be a PR stunt that backfires?

Let’s hope that AMD continues to execute. They will stay in the black, and bring the cost of high performing silicon back down to Earth.

AJ

 

[Misha Engel]

I think the Intel 5GHz announcement is to try and take the thunder out of AMDs nexts enterprise chips.

My guess is that data centres would rather not use 1700+ Watt coooler on each motherboard ... and so this might be a PR stunt that backfires?

Let’s hope that AMD continues to execute. They will stay in the black, and bring the cost of high performing silicon back down to Earth.

AJ

And it backfired pretty hard.

AMD did better with the 32 core threadripper at 250 Watt TDP with an air-cooler (around 30% faster than a stock i9-7980xe).

At a baseclock of 3 GHz it consumes around 250 Watt (which looks plausible because the 8 core R2700 consumes 65 Watt at 3.2 GHz base clock).

I just hope software can make use of all those cores.

 

[Brandon Veen]

“We were originally going to witness the demo first hand, but there wasn't enough power handy to run both the chiller and the system simultaneously.” from the Tom’s Hardware article.

Intel repurposing a 1 horsepower aquarium chiller for this definitely feels more like something der8auer would do than say the leading chipset manufacturer on stage. I wonder if the 5GHz OC was something they recently were able to do, so they didn’t have time to source/make something like a beefed up closed loop system (in a Tower 900 or Corsair Slate or other large case).

I also wonder if they’re using their same awful thermal paste on this chip or if they’re doing something different there for heat dissipation.

Looks like it’s a LGA3647 chip too, for anybody who was wondering.

 

[Antony Newman]

My guess is that Intel wanted to show off that their 14++ nm Process will have a Turbo that can touch 5GHz.

In the absence of base clock rate and ramp up details provided at the event - headlines will no doubt reinforce the message that 'Intels process is still ahead'.

Judging of the thermal issues Intel are having with their dual core 10nm released in China (in which they've disabled the GPU to improve yields) - it's going to be some time before a beefy Xeon is released that can match the foundries equivalent process (ie 7nm TSMC).

Still curious if Intel's woes are caused by COG (Contact over Gate) ... or if their Cobalt alchemist wizzardy has been waiting for the sort of fix that Applied Materials have just published. (my guess is the later)

AJ

 

[David Peterson]

How about Threadripper 2, with 32 cores? :ihih:

Indeed, all eyes are now on what AMD does next!

I think the Intel 5GHz announcement is to try and take the thunder out of AMDs nexts enterprise chips.

My guess is that data centres would rather not use 1700+ Watt coooler on each motherboard ... and so this might be a PR stunt that backfires?

Let’s hope that AMD continues to execute. They will stay in the black, and bring the cost of high performing silicon back down to Earth.

AJ

1.7KW running 24/7, multiplied across all numerous servers they're running, that is one bloody expensive power bill!

On the high end, they're often upgrading their server rooms or supercomputers not just for the performance improvements but for the power savings too.

A supercomputer from a couple of decades ago not only is slower than today's ones, but also doesn't make financial sense to run due to the powering costs for how much computing performance you get out of it.

 

[DJ Meyer]

AMD did better with the 32 core threadripper at 250 Watt TDP with an air-cooler (around 30% faster than a stock i9-7980xe).

The 32 core TR2 was only 30% faster than the 7980? Ouch. Hadn't seen that demo.

 

[Misha Engel]

The 32 core TR2 was only 30% faster than the 7980? Ouch. Hadn't seen that demo.

Sorry for giving wrong information

The 24 core TR2 was only 30% faster than the 7980xe