Broadwell Core i5-5675C - Launch Price - $350???

[TheDarkKnight]

I found this link:

http://www.hardwareluxx.com/index.p...-qbroadwellq-core-i7-5775c-i5-5675c-cpus.html

That shows a table that suggests the quad-core desktop CPU version of Haswell will be released at an introductory price of $350.00. Does that sound right? I thought it would launch at around $230 tops maybe.

It seems like this is breaking tradition a bit. Except for the Iris Pro 6200 graphics there isn't really any compelling reasons to upgrade to this over the line up of Haswell Refresh CPUs. Especially at that price point.

Unless, that 128 eDRAM that can be shared between the CPU/GPU is something magical that I don't understand yet.

How fast percentage wise is that 128 eDRAM(Level 4 cache) compared to the Level 3 cache of the 4MB that will be on that CPU. Does anybody have any idea?

Just trying to understand why there is such a launch price disparity between this Broadwell release and Haswell Refresh release given similar(but not exactly) specifications.

 

[ShintaiDK]

You didnt wonder for a moment why the i7 5775C is also listed at 350$?

The current i7 4770R cost 358$.

http://ark.intel.com/products/76642/Intel-Core-i7-4770R-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz

And the 128MB L4 is fully accessible by the CPU part. Just like previous.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Must be a typo, or incorrect data. I see no reason why the 4c/4t 4MB L3 chip would cost the same as the 4c/8t 6MB L3 chip.

 

[TheDarkKnight]

You didnt wonder for a moment why the i7 5775C is also listed at 350$?

The current i7 4770R cost 358$.

http://ark.intel.com/products/76642/Intel-Core-i7-4770R-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz

And the 128MB L4 is fully accessible by the CPU part. Just like previous.

Ah, as Yoda says, "The mind of a child is a wonderful thing." Thank you Shintai. I think it is nothing more than a typo.

 

[Dave2150]

You didnt wonder for a moment why the i7 5775C is also listed at 350$?

The current i7 4770R cost 358$.

http://ark.intel.com/products/76642/Intel-Core-i7-4770R-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz

And the 128MB L4 is fully accessible by the CPU part. Just like previous.

Read the OP's post more carefully.

He is highlighting that the I5 is listed at the same price of $350 as the I7, which is obviously a mistake.

 

[frozentundra123456]

I think it is a mistake too. If the i5 were to be priced like a Haswell i5, that could be attractive for a SFF light gaming box. I dont think it will be that cheap though.

 

[bullzz]

the article says i5 is targeted at $250 but the table says $350. its a typo
$250 for i5 seems like a really good initial price. we could see is drop to around $200 which is good value for this cpu

 

[PliotronX]

What do these things OC like?

 

[NTMBK]

What do these things OC like?

Bet you $10 it's worse than Haswell.

 

[Hulk]

On August 11, 2014 when Intel demo'd Broadwell they stated that while they weren't going to comment on frequency only stating, "they don't regress."

Hmm...

 

[DrMrLordX]

Well, technically, they didn't regress. The i7-5775C (and R) has 3.3 ghz base, 3.7 ghz turbo. The i7-4770R has 3.2 ghz base, 3.9 ghz turbo. So uh, they're about the same at stock.

Overclocked? Unknown. We'll learn a lot from that chip, once people start actually playing with retail samples.