One thing to look ahead to: The 11700Ok might carry out equally to present flagships, or it might carry out higher if Intel refines it forward of launch. We do not usually condone reviewing processors forward of the embargo, because it is not honest on different publications, nevertheless it’s fairly humorous when it is for revenge. Moreover, what a few of these numbers present, significantly the ability draw and temperature checks is that his engineering pattern is just partially displaying what the ultimate CPU will provide.
4 years in the past, Intel closed up store in Romania. They’ve continued to promote their processors there however with out a native workplace, their media assist has been woeful, says lab501, an area tech publication. Of the 21 Intel processors lab501 has reviewed since being left within the lurch, 5 got here from Intel’s UK workplace (all arriving after the evaluation embargo had lifted), 12 got here from their pals within the trade, one they bought themselves, and three extra got here from nameless trade sources.
These three chips, an 8700Ok, an 8600Ok, and a 10980XE, brought on some hassle for Intel. As soon as lab501 stopped receiving evaluation samples from Intel, they stopped being beholden to the evaluation embargoes. When the chips they’ve reviewed have been supplied by their trade pals, they’ve revered the embargo for his or her pals’ sake. However when the chips have arrived with out Intel’s permission, they’ve revealed their critiques forward of time – a lot to Intel’s chagrin.
Now, lab501 has examined an 11700Ok engineering pattern earlier than the processor could possibly be formally revealed. Admittedly, there’s not a lot left for Intel to disclose. It is generally known that the processor can have eight cores and 16 threads, will use a variant of the Cypress Cove structure, and have a lift clock of round 5 GHz. However there’s been fiery debate surrounding the processor’s efficiency.
On one hand, it is bought the identical core/thread configuration as the preceding 10700K, and related clocks. Then again, it ought to have an IPC (instruction per clock) benefit over its predecessor, however that would come at the price of energy effectivity. In lab501’s testing, it was discovered that, on common, all the things balanced out roughly the way you’d anticipate.
A precursor to the outcomes of the testing: engineering samples and ultimate launch samples are bodily completely different in some ways, so these outcomes aren’t indicative of ultimate efficiency. Future microcode revisions and BIOS updates can even alter efficiency.
However with out additional ado:
In artificial multi-core testing, the 11700Ok carried out higher than its predecessor however worse than the 10-core 10900K, as anticipated. In artificial single-core testing, it often outperformed all earlier Intel processors to roughly match the latest AMD processors.
In video games, it carried out equally to different flagship processors just like the 10900K and 5950X. Its efficiency was very distinct from these different processors– oftentimes, it had oddly excessive or low minimal framerates, and in some video games it struggled unexpectedly. Maybe defined as a result of that is once more, an engineering pattern. Total, although, it wasn’t higher or worse.
To summarize, the 11700Ok might carry out equally to present flagships, or it might carry out higher if Intel refines it forward of launch… Not an thrilling conclusion, I will admit, however what did you anticipate?
The ability draw and temperature checks show simply how unfinished this processor is: beneath a Prime95 load, it concurrently consumed an unprecedented quantity of energy for an octa-core processor whereas operating as cool as a hexa-core. This would appear to point that the BIOS and clock desk had been written too conservatively (in different phrases, it might’ve been clock increased).
Mainly, we have discovered nothing, besides that reviewers do not like being screwed over. Keep tuned for our evaluation that includes correct knowledge and significant conclusions.
