Intel Skylake / Kaby Lake

[utahraptor]

No more overclocking non K CPUs!

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty%20Z170%20Gaming%20K6+/?cat=Download&os=BIOS

 

[Arachnotronic]

No more overclocking non K CPUs!

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty%20Z170%20Gaming%20K6+/?cat=Download&os=BIOS

What a short-sighted, consumer unfriendly move on Intel's part.

 

[Sweepr]

The new GT4e-based Skylake chips appeared on Intel's ARK. Status: launched. 45W TDP, 35W cTDP down.

Core i5-6350HQ: 350MHz (base), up to 900 MHz
Core i7-6770HQ: 350 MHz (base), up to 950 MHz
Core i7-6870HQ and Xeon E3-1515M v5: 350 MHz (base), up to 1 GHz
Core i7-6970HQ and Xeon E3-1545M v5: 350 MHz (base), up to 1.05 GHz
Xeon E3-1575M v5: 350 MHz (base), up to 1.1 GHz

~1.3 Tflops @ 1.1GHz. Xeon gets the fastest part.

http://ark.intel.com/products/family/88393/6th-Generation-Intel-Core-i5-Processors#@Mobile
http://ark.intel.com/products/family/88392/6th-Generation-Intel-Core-i7-Processors#@Mobile
http://ark.intel.com/products/family/88210/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-v5-Family#@Mobile



15.40.10.4352: Intel® Iris™, Iris™ Pro, and HD Graphics Production Driver for Windows* 7, 8.1, 10

https://software.intel.com/en-us/bl...d-hd-graphics-production-driver-for-windows-7

 

[coercitiv]

Core i5-6350HQ: 350MHz (base), up to 900 MHz
Core i7-6770HQ: 350 MHz (base), up to 950 MHz

Now I have to wait for OEMs to bake me one of these two :sneaky:

 

[zir_blazer]

No more overclocking non K CPUs!

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty%20Z170%20Gaming%20K6+/?cat=Download&os=BIOS

Not surprised. After they did so on Haswell, saw it coming. Base Clock overclocking on non-K and non-Z was never officially allowed to begin with, it was more of a question if they were going to bother to disable it.

 

[Sweepr]

There's still the option of not updating the motherboard BIOS (or using Dual BIOS).

Now I have to wait for OEMs to bake me one of these two :sneaky:

Would be great some see some 15'' Windows laptops with these at a reasonable price. Shouldn't cost more than $50-100 over Core i5-6300HQ designs if we look at the leaked pricing list.

 

[nvgpu]

See what I said? Intel removed OC features on non Z170 chipset mobos just like they did with Haswell through mandatory UEFI/BIOS updates or microcode updates.

 

[dark zero]

So.... Intel did it... They removed the OC on non K chips... At least we can still OC Xeons... Isn't it?

PS: I read rumors that non K newer Skylakes chips will come locked by default so OC with non updated boards will be likely impossible.

Also that means that non K Kabylake will come with no OC features.

With that Intel killed their next generation in time record.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Not surprised. After they did so on Haswell, saw it coming. Base Clock overclocking on non-K and non-Z was never officially allowed to begin with, it was more of a question if they were going to bother to disable it.

I would wait to see if more does it. From AsRock forums their had some issues with Z170 boards and new microcode that they forgot to include in 2.80. Problems updating etc. So could be a temporary release to fix the Skylake bug. rather than limit BLCK OC.

 

[mikk]

New graphics driver out:

NEW- 15.40.10.4352: Intel® Iris™, Iris™ Pro, and HD Graphics Production Driver for Windows* 7, 8.1, 10

This driver isn't new.

 

[dark zero]

Is official then.. From WCCFTech

RIP OC Celerons... Better to get the first batch of Z170 boards before is late.

 

[Sweepr]

Another i7 6567U benchmark on Vaio Z Clamshell (クラムシェルモデ&#12523 and Flip (フリップモデ&#12523. The entire stuff is in Japanese, if someone wouldn't mind translating it for me.

Thanks for sharing.

Clamshell:
3DMark13 Firestrike: 1523
3DMark13 Firestrike Extreme: 682

3DMark 11: P2830 / X784

Impressive for a 28W TDP mobile chip. Hopefully NBC will test it too.

@ mikk, at first glance I read 4th February.

As long as you don't update the BIOS... 4.9GHz Celeron fun (75% overclock)!

 

[coercitiv]

Would be great some see some 15'' Windows laptops with these at a reasonable price. Shouldn't cost more than $50-100 over Core i5-6300HQ designs if we look at the leaked pricing list.

Asus already uses i7-4750HQ in their gaming/multimedia lines, prices are in line with their other products using 4720HQ. Sooner or later Intel has to start pushing this eDRAM, and my bet is on sooner :sneaky:

 

[dark zero]

That Celeron at 4.9Ghz... No wonder why Intel is blocking BLCK OC... That Celeron is too fantastic to the Joes...

 

[Rngwn]

The new GT4e-based Skylake chips appeared on Intel's ARK. Status: launched. 45W TDP, 35W cTDP down.

Core i5-6350HQ: 350MHz (base), up to 900 MHz
Core i7-6770HQ: 350 MHz (base), up to 950 MHz
Core i7-6870HQ and Xeon E3-1515M v5: 350 MHz (base), up to 1 GHz
Core i7-6970HQ and Xeon E3-1545M v5: 350 MHz (base), up to 1.05 GHz
Xeon E3-1575M v5: 350 MHz (base), up to 1.1 GHz

Those chips also have the same base clock as their GT2 counterparts. Hmm, interesting.

They didn't put the MSRP yet though, so we need to prepare quite a bit for a twist. Hope they would be actually priced the same as in the sheet you posted earlier. Even then, that's just the MSRP, not the real price for OEMS. Who would sell the GT4e the same price as GT2?

Now I have to wait for OEMs to bake me one of these two :sneaky:

Asus already uses i7-4750HQ in their gaming/multimedia lines, prices are in line with their other products using 4720HQ.

This iris pro should be a tad slower than the 950M (3000+ Firestrike Scores with i7 quads) if we follow the intel's prediction (1.5x ~1500 of iris 6200 is 2250). I could only see the Iris Pro 580 replacing i7 quads+940M/945M, or ASUS might just use these chips like you said because they can.

 

[Burpo]

Those chips also have the same base clock as their GT2 counterparts. Hmm, interesting.

They didn't put the MSRP yet though, so we need to prepare quite a bit for a twist.

Some prices are listed.
http://ark.intel.com/products/codename/37572/Skylake#@Mobile

 

[Rngwn]

Some prices are listed.
http://ark.intel.com/products/codename/37572/Skylake#@Mobile

If you look carefully, none of the parts with Iris Pro 580 has been priced yet. That's my point whether or not those parts will priced based on the price sheet posted by Sweepr.

 

[mikk]

@ mikk, at first glance I read 4th February.

From December. Available since weeks here also: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/do...cs-Driver-for-Windows-7-8-1-10-15-40-6th-Gen-


And you can find newer drivers at Microsoft update catalog.

 

[AtenRa]

I dont know when those benchmarks were done but currently A10-7870K 3D MARK 2013 FireStrike overall score is 1700+ with Catalyst 16.1.1 on Win 10 64bit

 

[Sweepr]

I dont know when those benchmarks were done but currently A10-7870K 3D MARK 2013 FireStrike overall score is 1700+ with Catalyst 16.1.1 on Win 10 64bit

Which means 28W Skylake-U GT3e delivers 90% the score of you best-case A10-7870K inside a slim 13'' notebook. Still impressive.

BTW if you care so much about latest drivers - perhaps you should ask mods to lock that misleading GameGPU APU thread where 1 year old Intel drivers are being used.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Which means 28W Skylake-U GT3e delivers 90% the score of you best-case A10-7870K. Still impressive.

BTW if you care so much about latest drivers - perhaps you should ask mods to lock that misleading GameGPU APU thread where 1 year old Intel drivers are being used.

Old drivers only matters one way

 

[AtenRa]

Which means 28W Skylake-U GT3e delivers 90% the score of you best-case A10-7870K. Still impressive.

If you believe a 14nm FinFet with eDRAM having 90% the performance of a 28nm Planar APU using only 2133MHz DDR-3 ram is impressive then i believe you have low standards.

 

[frozentundra123456]

Still excusing Kaveri for being old and outdated I see. And dont forget that is with 1/3 the TDP.

 

[Sweepr]

If you believe a 14nm FinFet with eDRAM having 90% the performance of a 28nm Planar APU using only 2133MHz DDR-3 ram is impressive then i believe you have low standards.

Considering 7870K is a 95W part, yes I do. And Iris Pro 580 (available right now) will likely outclass any AMD APU till mid-2017 at lower TDP. Given the amount of time you spend promoting APUs you should be happy that Intel is also getting competitive.

 

[coercitiv]

This iris pro should be a tad slower than the 950M (3000+ Firestrike Scores with i7 quads) if we follow the intel's prediction (1.5x ~1500 of iris 6200 is 2250). I could only see the Iris Pro 580 replacing i7 quads+940M/945M, or ASUS might just use these chips like you said because they can.

Asus is using the chips together with discrete graphics: 950M /w DDR3 -> 980M /w DDR5. Something changed: it may be related to the results eDRAM got in gaming benchmarks when used as CPU cache, but price is definitely another factor.