Intel’s Broadwell-E 6950X 10-core may cost $1500

Intel’s Broadwell-E 6950X 10-core may cost $1500

 

Specifications for Intel’s Broadwell-E CPUs have already been leaked, revealing that Intel is planning to release a 10-core 20-thread i7 CPU this generation. Better still is the fact that this CPU will be usable on currently available X99 motherboards.

Today a spanner has been thrown is the works as rumors now suggest that the 10-core 20-thread 6950X model will cost $1500 USD, a major price increase for a high end Intel-E platform flagship. The last generation 8-core 5960K costed only $999.99 at launch.  

These CPUs are now rumored to be launching at Computex 2016, which is in line with previous rumors that stated that they would release in the first half of next year. 

The main changes of this CPU from previous generation Extreme series CPUs is that it’s flagship will have two extra CPU cores, a stronger memory controller and the higher power efficiency that Intel’s Broadwell architecture and their 14nm manufacturing process provides. 

 

 

These CPUs will be available in 6-core, 8-core and 10-core models and will come at a range of clock speeds. 

 

 

Right now Broadwell E CPU are rumored to be released in the first half of 2016 and launch at Computex. The CPU is rumored to come at the same clock speed as the currently available intel i7 5960X, but with the small IPC improvements of Broadwell and the increased core count it should give users a 20% performance gain in highly threaded CPU loads. 

 

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