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Could we be about to see the biggest upgrade to Intel mainstream systems in a decade? If the latest leak is to be believed, then this could be the case as it points at Intel planning a trio of 6-core/hexa-core CPUs. This is hugely significant for a number of reasons. Firstly, the most cores you've been able to obtain on a mainstream Intel system has been four, ever since the Core 2 Q6600 hit the shelves ten years ago. You've had to step up to Intel's high-end desktop platforms to get more than this, which cost a lot more. The additional cores can offer better performance in multi-threaded applications such as video editing and rendering and more recently in some games too. Secondly, this could present a challenge for AMD. Its Ryzen processors have trounced Intel across the board when it comes to multi-threaded performance and updates have seen AMD claw back significant ground in game performance, which was lacking at Ryzen's launch in March. AMD currently has 6-core processors available for less than $220, however, it still has its 8-core Ryzen 7 processors on its mainstream platform to compete with Intel. The three CPUs all appear to have 6-cores and are part of Intel's C ffee Lake 14nm line up. At least one model had hyper-threading too, so it sports 12 threads, which can further boost multi-threaded performance. The leak comes via eTeknix, for what many are already calling the flagship Coffee Lake processor, the Core i7-8700K. With a base frequency of 3.7GHz and maximum all-core turbo boost of 4GHz, this will likely mean it outperforms AMD's Ryzen 5 1600X at stock speed and if Intel's other CPUs are anything to go by, the Core i7-8700K could well achieve all-core overclocks of around 4.5GHz or more, while most AMD CPUs can overclock to around 4.1GHz.
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