Yup, they’re really fast!
Published By: Jawwad Iqbal on October 20, 2016 08:23 am EST
Intel Corporation’s (NASDAQ:INTC) upcoming Kaby Lake processor lineup might not feature a new architecture or a smaller node, but it’s working to improve clock speed and power efficiency. Some folks have managed to get their hands on Core i7-7700K and Core i7-7600K and pushed them to the limits (via WCCFTECH).
It was rumored that Intel has made improvements under the hood which would allow Kaby Lake to have higher base clock speeds and also overclock higher. That seems likely to be the case, as the Core i7-7700K has a base clock speed of 4.2GHz and Boost clock speed of 4.5GHz, which is higher than a Core i7-6700K. The unlocked Kaby Lake i7 quad-core has been pushed to an insane 6.7GHz frequency byHKEPC using liquid nitrogen. The chip was using an ASRock Z170M OC Formula and paired with GALAX HOF DDR4 RAM.
On the other hand, Core i5-7600K has a base clock speed of 3.8GHz and a boost clock speed of over 4.0GHz. The chip was pushed to its limit at 5.1GHz on an air-cooler! That’s certainly impressive and effectively makes it the fastest Core i5 chip. Facebookhk posted the results, showing the chip maintaining idle temperatures under 28 degrees centigrade, and maximum temperature at 46 degrees centigrade.
Kaby Lake is Intel’s update to the Skylake architecture with refinements on top. It is still using the 14nm node but Intel calls it 14nm+ due to a number of improvements which enable better power efficiency. Intel has confirmed that the Kaby Lake will arrive sometime in the first quarter of next year.
