In the second half of last year, Intel released the eighth-generation Core Duo Coffee Lake, boosting the mainstream market from the multi-year 4 + 2 core configuration to the 6 + 4 core. The fever platform advanced to the 18 core, and AMD's competitive stimulus effect was immediate.
The first of the eight-generation models only had six models and one motherboard (Z370). According to the roadmap, the military will usher in an expansion at the beginning of this year. On the one hand, more models will be introduced, including the new Pentium and Celeron, and on the other hand, new The motherboard B360, H310.
Sandra database just appeared a new 'Core i5-8500'Obviously now an upgraded version of Core i5-8400 to see the specifications Or 6 core 6 threads, 9MB L3 cache, the benchmark clock speed increased to 200MHz to 3.0GHz, Turbo Boost maximum frequency is not known but should also be raised to 4.2-4.3GHz, thermal design to maintain power 65W.
This situation is not very familiar? In the past, Intel released each generation, there will be one or two speeds, and are not plus the amount of increase, but since the loss of competition, Intel is also lazy, almost no second upgrade, or even Haswell Refresh appeared as a new generation of products as soon as they were upgraded.
Look at this posture, Intel is ready to restore the radical rhythm of the year!
It is unclear whether the price of Core i5-8500 will be increased.Core i5-8400 official pricing 189 US dollars, but the actual price is 200 US dollars, the domestic to 1579 yuan.
