Rumor: Intel Core i3-8300 is quad-core with eight threads at 4GHz

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Screenshots have appeared online via a Chinese website showing the specifications of the Intel Core i3-8300. The Coffee Lake processor would have four cores and eight threads and run at 4GHz.

It is likely that Intel will provide its upcoming Core i3 processors with more cores. Currently the i3s have two cores and four threads, but Intel has started supplying Pentium processors with a similar configuration this year. More cores would be an option to differentiate the i3s. This also allows Intel to respond to AMD, which recently released its cheap Ryzen 3 processors with four cores and four threads.

If Intel actually releases a Core i3 with four cores and eight threads, it is nevertheless striking, because the configuration is the same as the current i7 models. A distinction is that the Core i3 does not have turbo functionality, but according to the screenshots, the processor has a fairly high clock speed of 4GHz. This means that the performance could come close to the current i7-7700, which runs at a maximum of 4.2GHz.

Information about the upcoming Core i5-8600K and Core i7-8700K has already appeared earlier. These processors would get six cores, but only the i7 has support for hyperthreading. This means that the i5 with six cores would have a maximum of six threads, which is less than the eight threads of the i3-8300. In practice, however, physical cores are better than hyperthreading, so the Core i5 still has an advantage in applications that make good use of multiple cores.

Processor Cores/Threads Clock speed Turbo Turbo (1c) L3 tdp
Core i7-8700K 6/12 3.7GHz 4.3GHz 4.7GHz 12MB 95W
Core i7-8700 6/12 3.2GHz 4.3GHz 4.6GHz 12MB 65W
Core i5-8600K 6/6 3.6GHz 4.1GHz 4.3GHz 9MB 95W
Core i5-8400 6/6 2.8GHz 3.8GHZ 4GHz 9MB 65W
Core i3-8300 4/8 4GHz ? ?

Intel Coffee Lake specs according to rumors

According to VideoCardz, the Chinese website PCEva has also put new Intel slides online, which contain more information about the upcoming Coffee Lake processors. The images make it clear that the processors use the lga1151 socket and that the ‘enthusiast’ chips have a tdp of 95W, compared to 65W for the mainstream models. The Coffee Lake-S platform, like Kaby Lake-S, has up to 24 pci-e lanes at its disposal. The processors should go into production between August 21 and October 9, which would mean they will hit the market this year.

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