Haswell -E Core i7-5960X, 5930K, 5820K specifications

[Kelt]

Well, that 5820K may well make me retire my trusty Q6600 after all these years!

Can't see it coming in at 4820K prices though.

 

[Stuen4y]

Can't see it coming in at 4820K prices though.

+1.
4820K is i7 1150/1155 competition in terms of performance but has 4 channel memory and more PCIe lanes for the professional users. That 5820K is a 6 core so expect prices similar to 4930K on my opinion.

 

[Bluelion]

Gah the 5930K isn't 8 core. I'd held off the Ivy-E upgrade on the prospect of 8-cores on the horizon - deeply disappointing.

 

[alex_123_fra]

If want 8 cores, the Broadwell -E 14nm 8 core will be the one to get. Should clock better and use much less power. Hopefully slot in upgrade like Sandy X79 > Ivy X79 was.

5820K looks pick out of these first E chips, 6 cores, hopefully not much more than £300. Ideal until Broadwell -E.

Yes although if you want to use 3+ GPUs, the 5820k won't be sufficient.

My price predictions are:

5820k - £349
5930k - £449
5960x - £949..ish

 

[ubersonic]

Will be interesting to see if they keep the same price points, £240 for a hex core?

Not a hope in hell, that would make it either roughly the same price or slightly cheaper than a 4970K.

As far as pricing goes, my guess is this:

3820/4820K (£240) = dead
3930K/4930K (£400) = 5820K
4960X (£700) = 5930K
Sell-a-kidney = 5960X

They may drop the price point on the 5930K as it's not an X CPU, but the 5960X is defiantly going to cost more than a 4960X.

 

[ubersonic]

8/16 cores/threads @3.0 is total rubbish.

It looks like Xeon performance TBH so as it's over-clockable the should be room, they just want to be conservative with stock clocks due to heat, the SB/IB 8c16t Xeons defiantly had room for more speed than that, IIRC the top 8c16t one was 3.4GHz with 4GHz Turbo.

 

[alex_123_fra]

It looks like Xeon performance TBH so as it's over-clockable the should be room, they just want to be conservative with stock clocks due to heat, the SB/IB 8c16t Xeons defiantly had room for more speed than that, IIRC the top 8c16t one was 3.4GHz with 4GHz Turbo.

The slightly worrying thing is that the locked 8-core Ivy socket 2011 xeons with base clocks similar to the 5960x, are all at least £1200. I wouldn't be suprised if the 8-core unlocked haswell-E breaks the enthusiast top CPU price record at £1500ish.

 

[Boomstick777]

Yes although if you want to use 3+ GPUs, the 5820k won't be sufficient.

The kind of buyer after the cheaper 5820K is also the kind of buyer that will run one or two GPU's so will be ideal for the cheaper bracket.

Enthusiast will go for for 5930K / 5960X plus multiple GPU's, that is a far less common setup tbh.

The entry level on -E has been this good tbh. Buy into the platform with the 5820K, then replace with 14nm chip next year. The 14nm 8 cores should potentially clock a lot better plus use much less power.

Looking forward to seeing reviews on these badboys.

 

[vsg28]

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Please don't let this be the only 8 core unlocked chip coming out, I know I will likely end up getting this if it is

 

[LambChop]

When are these likely to hit retail ?

 

[vsg28]

No idea, mate. Likely after Devil's Canyon so at least a month or so away.

 

[faceman123]

Won't be spending a penny over 400. 1200 for a processor no thanks.

 

[Boomstick777]

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Please don't let this be the only 8 core unlocked chip coming out, I know I will likely end up getting this if it is

Awwwwww what a beast...


Must resist !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[zoomee]

phew, glad I didn't wait tbh - Here's looking forward to picking up an RIVBE soon on MM lol.

This is intel we are talking about chaps - along with the 'extreme' branding - expect all logical pricing to go out of the window especially seeing as they have zero competition.

Personally - I would recommend people get a SB-E whilst they still can and overclock the crap out of them

Average SB-E - 4.8
Average IB-E - 4.6
Average Has-E - 4.4?

Hope I'm wrong but judging by intels past performance with their non-E chips, its not boding well. Also the more cache you have the more difficult it becomes to OC to higher frequencies.

 

[Boomstick777]

3.3Ghz 8 core Intel Haswell -E with 20mb cache..

Question is would you even need to overclock?



These are soldered and it's possible that they feature the same improvements Devils' Canyon do.. I.e redesigned for better temps higher clock threshold.

Man that 8 core looks epic..

For gaming I think 4790K (4.4Ghz) might be better, but for workstation / movie encoding etc. This will be a monster !

 

[RetrogamerX]

3.3Ghz 8 core Intel Haswell -E with 20mb cache..

Question is would you even need to overclock?



These are soldered and it's possible that they feature the same improvements Devils' Canyon do.. I.e redesigned for better temps higher clock threshold.

Man that 8 core looks epic..

For gaming I think 4790K (4.4Ghz) might be better, but for workstation / movie encoding etc. This will be a monster !

That's nice to hear. I'll stay on 4790k.

 

[Yaayuh!]

phew, glad I didn't wait tbh - Here's looking forward to picking up an RIVBE soon on MM lol.

This is intel we are talking about chaps - along with the 'extreme' branding - expect all logical pricing to go out of the window especially seeing as they have zero competition.

Personally - I would recommend people get a SB-E whilst they still can and overclock the crap out of them

Average SB-E - 4.8
Average IB-E - 4.6
Average Has-E - 4.4?

Hope I'm wrong but judging by intels past performance with their non-E chips, its not boding well. Also the more cache you have the more difficult it becomes to OC to higher frequencies.

Where are you getting the average overclocks from?

I've had 2 SB-E chips and overclocked more. Not sure i would say the average is 4.8Ghz. 4.6GHz on air would be average. Water 4.8GHz-5Ghz.

Ivybridge-E 4.6 Air 4.8 Water

Also, how can you judge by what intel have done with a completely different chip?! Haswell-E and Haswell, are VERY dissimilar.

I wouldn't go recommending such an old chip, especially when there's architecture improvements, clock for clock faster, DDR4 and M.2. X79 is dated, lets move on.

 

[Boomstick777]

That's nice to hear. I'll stay on 4790k.

I think we're years away from 8 cores 16 threads being relevant enough for a lower clocked 8 core part to outperform a high clocked 4 core 8 threads.

By the time it happens 6/8 cores will be much more affordable.

4790K will be best for gaming imho. Low power use / high performance.

E-Peen / benchmarks and workstation - Haswell -E

Hoping I can resist that 5960X.. The E-peen is strong with this one

 

[Boomstick777]

I wouldn't go recommending such an old chip, especially when there's architecture improvements, clock for clock faster, DDR4 and M.2. X79 is dated, lets move on.

Agreed, if looking at an -E platform. X99 with 5820K would be a much better option. DDR4 support, higher IPC / Lower power use, plus future upgrade options on 14nm.

 

[zoomee]

I wouldn't go recommending such an old chip, especially when there's architecture improvements, clock for clock faster, DDR4 and M.2. X79 is dated, lets move on.

your talking minuscule gains at best - bearing in mind the probable HUGE price difference.

Agree X79 is dated - but the justifiable jump in performance just ain't there and hasn't been ever since SB tbh.

- IPC gains are pathetic.
- DDR4 will be overpriced and not far from current DDR3 top-end speeds (granted this will change over time)
- M.2? - We've yet to see the PCI-express bus saturated let alone worry about using small-form factor peripherals on our desktop pc's.

Maybe I'm just old school and expecting the huge gains we used to get when moving through cpu generations - all we seem to get these days is slight powersaving (using a lower nm on the cpu) - like any of us desktop users care!. Poorer overclocking just brings us back to square one (as you've highlighted with the Ghz v's IPC gains)